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Why isn there an eclipse every time there is a full moon or a new moon?

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Why isn there an eclipse every time there is a full moon or a new moon?

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Because the orbit of the Moon is angled to the Ecliptic, so there are only a couple of “eclipse opportunities” per year. Most of the time, the Moon doesn’t come all that close to being directly between the Earth and the Sun, or go into the Earth’s shadow.

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