• Neato@ttrpg.networkEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I didn’t realize the moon’s distance to the Earth varied enough to cause annular eclipses. I always wondered why we didn’t see more eclipses since the moon is revolving around earth monthly.

    • rockerface 🇺🇦@lemm.ee
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      10 months ago

      Not only that, but the Moon slowly gets further and further from the Earth so over time there will be more annular eclipses and fewer total eclipses

    • Strykker@programming.dev
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      10 months ago

      The moon also doesn’t orbit at the same plane as the earth around the sun, so sometimes it’s above the sun and other times it’s below