• Neato@ttrpg.networkEnglish
    1·
    8 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.

    • Strykker@programming.dev
      3·
      8 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

    • rockerface 🇺🇦@lemm.ee
      1·
      8 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