🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 6 days agoAnon has prioritiessh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1550arrow-down112
arrow-up1538arrow-down1imageAnon has prioritiessh.itjust.works🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 6 days agomessage-square17fedilink
minus-squareJumuta@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-26 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-squaresuperkret@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 days 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.