Why we can not see the solar eclipse every month?
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A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon enters the Earth's shadow. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's shadow falls on the Earth. They do not happen every month because the Earth's orbit around the sun is not in the same plane as the Moon's orbit around the Earth.
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The solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes in between the Earth and sun, casting a shadow down on the surface of our planet. However, it does not happen every month.
If the sun, Earth and moon were truly lined up perfect, this would be the case. But the reality is that they're not lined up. The moon is actually on an inclined plane to the Earth.
Imagine the solar system is a flat disk, called the plane of the ecliptic, and all of the planets are arranged in that disk.
But the moon is on another disk, which is inclined at an angle of 5.14 degrees. So, if you follow the orbit of the moon as it goes around the Earth, sometimes it's above the plane of the ecliptic and sometimes it's below. So the shadow cast by the moon misses the Earth, or the shadow cast by the Earth misses the moon.
If the sun, Earth and moon were truly lined up perfect, this would be the case. But the reality is that they're not lined up. The moon is actually on an inclined plane to the Earth.
Imagine the solar system is a flat disk, called the plane of the ecliptic, and all of the planets are arranged in that disk.
But the moon is on another disk, which is inclined at an angle of 5.14 degrees. So, if you follow the orbit of the moon as it goes around the Earth, sometimes it's above the plane of the ecliptic and sometimes it's below. So the shadow cast by the moon misses the Earth, or the shadow cast by the Earth misses the moon.
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