why does a lunar eclipse occurs only on a full moon night and why a solar eclipse only occurs on a new moon day
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A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow. This can occur only when the Sun, Earth, and Moon are exactly or very closely aligned (in syzygy) with Earth between the other two, and only on the night of a full moon.
Solar eclipses happen when the moon is directly between the Earth and the Sun. This corresponds to the New Moon phase. Solar eclipses do not occur every New Moon because of the small tilt of the Moonʼs orbital plane relative to the ecliptic.
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The plane of the Moon's orbit around the Earth is not exactly the same as the plane of the Earth's orbit around the Sun, so the Earth (as seen from the Moon) generally passes over or under the Sun during times of Full Moon.
A solar eclipse can only take place at the phase of new moon, when the moon passes directly between the sun and Earth and its shadows fall upon Earth's surface. Right now the moon is at the perfect distance to appear in our sky exactly the same size as the sun, and therefore block it out.
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