🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 2 years agoAnon has prioritiessh.itjust.worksexternal-linkmessage-square17linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkAnon has prioritiessh.itjust.works🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 2 years agomessage-square17linkfedilink
minus-squareJumuta@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years 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-up0·2 years 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://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.