We get a new and full moon every month. Why don't we get two ...

[nmorano1]

We get a new and full moon every month. Why don't we get two eclipses every month?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Centaurus A is the closest lobe radio galaxy, and may be a collision between a spiral and an elliptical galaxy.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

[yasmin]

Answer to Question 1

The Moon's orbit is tilted 5.2 degrees to the Earth's orbit (the ecliptic), and the disks of the Sun and Moon are only about .5 degrees wide. Most months the new and full moon pass too far from the ecliptic for the Earth's and Moon's shadows to make eclipses occur.

Answer to Question 2

TRUE

[nmorano1]

Gracias!

[deja]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it