🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 11 days agoAnon has prioritiessh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1560arrow-down112
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minus-squareJumuta@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-211 days agoa new moon only blocks the sun periodically because the moon’s orbit has a 5 degree inclination: https://lemmy.kya.moe/imgproxy?src=upload.wikimedia.org%2fwikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Lunar_Orbit_and_Orientation_with_respect_to_the_Ecliptic.svg/440px-Lunar_Orbit_and_Orientation_with_respect_to_the_Ecliptic.svg.png (png is black on transparent)
minus-squareshottymcb@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·14 hours agoSolar eclipse is when the moon is between the sun and the earth. Lunar eclipse is when the earth is between the moon and the sun. A “new moon” is just when the side of the moon that we can see isn’t facing the sun.
minus-squaresuperkret@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 days agoWhen the moon is directly between the earth and the sun, during the day.
a new moon only blocks the sun periodically because the moon’s orbit has a 5 degree inclination:
https://lemmy.kya.moe/imgproxy?src=upload.wikimedia.org%2fwikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Lunar_Orbit_and_Orientation_with_respect_to_the_Ecliptic.svg/440px-Lunar_Orbit_and_Orientation_with_respect_to_the_Ecliptic.svg.png (png is black on transparent)
What would be a solar eclipse though
Solar eclipse is when the moon is between the sun and the earth. Lunar eclipse is when the earth is between the moon and the sun. A “new moon” is just when the side of the moon that we can see isn’t facing the sun.
When the moon is directly between the earth and the sun, during the day.