🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 1 year agoAnon has prioritiessh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1582
arrow-up1582imageAnon has prioritiessh.itjust.works🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 1 year agomessage-square17fedilink
minus-squareJumuta@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-21 year agoa new moon only blocks the sun periodically because the moon’s orbit has a 5 degree inclination: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/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-squaresuperkret@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoWhen the moon is directly between the earth and the sun, during the day.
minus-squareshottymcb@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year 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.
a new moon only blocks the sun periodically because the moon’s orbit has a 5 degree inclination:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/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
When the moon is directly between the earth and the sun, during the day.
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.