Eclipses - What is an Eclipse - Moon's 5 Degree Orbit

1. Lunar and Solar

3. An eclipse is the “blocking out” of sunlight or moonlight as one
celestial body passes in front of another.
Example:
When the Sun, Moon, and Earth align with each other and cover up
sunlight or moonlight.
What is an Eclipse?
There are two types:
Solar Eclipses
Lunar Eclipses

5. The plane of the Moon’s orbit is tilted approximately 5 degrees in reference
to the Sun.
This means that the moon is either above or below the Sun-Earth orbit.
The Earth-Moon Orbit

6. The moon will cross over the Sun-Earth orbit twice (these locations
are referred to as Nodes).
Only twice a month is it possible for the sun, moon, and Earth to
align in the correct way for an eclipse to occur.
The Earth-Moon Orbit

8. When the moon crosses either
an ascending or descending
node, it must be in either a full
or new moon for an eclipse to
be possible.
NEEDED INGREDIENTS:
1. Moon on orbital node.
2. Moon at either Full or New
Moon.
The Earth-Moon Orbit