🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 12 days agoAnon has prioritiessh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1391arrow-down19
arrow-up1382arrow-down1imageAnon has prioritiessh.itjust.works🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 12 days agomessage-square17fedilink
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://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-squareshottymcblinkfedilinkarrow-up1·18 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.
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
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.