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Comment by srean

That's right.

In these missed eclipse the moon is usually a little too high or a little too down. The moon revolves on a plane that is tilted respect the Earth's plane of revolution. These two planes of revolution intersect at the the two points called nodes.

See this picture

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Eclipse_vs_new_or_full_mo...

If the new moon happens to fall on the node then you will get a solar Eclipse.

parent srean 2 months ago

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