Why Don’t We Have an Eclipse Every Month? | Total Solar Eclipse | Exploratorium

In this video, Exploratorium Senior Scientist Paul Doherty explains why we don't have a total solar eclipse every month. A total solar eclipse happens when the moon crosses between the sun and Earth and casts its shadow onto our planet. But the orbit of the moon is tilted relative to the orbit of the Earth around the sun, so the moon often passes below or above Earth. At those times, it does not cross the line between the sun and the Earth, and therefore does not create a solar eclipse. There are just two times a year in the Earth's orbit when there is a possibility of a total solar eclipse.
Tune in on March 8th at 5:00 p.m. PST to watch a live broadcast of a total solar eclipse! www.exploratorium.edu/eclipse/

[@sleepylyes4676]

We used this video in our 8th grade science class today! Very helpful!

[@lenartt]

Are you me from the future....?? We're using this video for 8th-grade science class today too... :o

[@secretunknown2782]

@@lenartt are you me from the future??
We are using this video in 8th standard science class today

[@zerkfiter]

Why not go a little further and explain exactly what circumstances are required for an actual eclipse when obviously they don't occur every 6 months.🤔

[@thetetrisking-nes]

actually most of them do

[@mavil64]

I saw this as an ad and I have to say: 1st: That's awesome! 2nd: Why aren't there more videos like this used for ads?!?!

[@anisieler6138]

one thing is... an eclipse happens once every 18 months(about) or 2 times every three years(about) and he makes it seam as if its once every 6 months. think about it, would solar eclipses be so rare and exciting if they were that common? other than that the video was great and probably the best on youtube, so double 👍

[@Perivale]

@ani He said they were rare, and never said they happen every six months. What he did say however, is when an eclipse does take place, six months later there will be another one.

[@pingapple123]

Ani Sieler, I have the same question as you. The video seems to say solar and lunar eclipses happen twice each year.
Taking into account that the earth rotates around the sun once every 365.25 days and the moon rotates around the earth once every 27 days. Then we should have total solar and lunar eclipses happen once every 18 months. However, that is also not true.
www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/total-lunar-eclipse.html
"a total lunar eclipse can be seen from any given location every 2.5 years."
I am guessing that it is because of the apsidal precession of the moon every 8.85 years. Can anyone explain further?

[@ankitkumarsinha3487]

Best explanation. Thank you

[@althafshameel4466]

Thank you.. Nice explanation.. it would surely benefit a lot of students like me..

[@rebeccaschembri9957]

Great explanation! Now I get it. Thank you!!

[@k0balt495]

Thanks for the video sir!

[@lightningraptor8453]

I was looking for these answers.
Thanks for perfect explanation

[@refersonu]

great demonstration.........I loved it.........please do more such videos

[@DelilahZoe]

Excellent. Thanks so much! I think we learned in 4th grade but I forgot!

[@palak6981]

I got the point.thanks.

[@blastatruestory]

best explanation on RUclips

[@aaronlo313]

Thanks, that really helped me understand

[@nikolaosvougiouklis6078]

Wich fortnight the moon is on the north hemisphere ,aka the ecliptic , of the earth?

[@arunraj_r]

Thank you. You saved me.

[@anushkakaushik982]

Wow
Never seen such an easy and crisp explainatiom of this topic. Mostly all videos on RUclips beat around the bush .

[@virajkapadiya8116]

thanks sir seen 10 animation videos but this was best for understanding

[@ElfHostage]

What’s nice about being an adult in the 21st century is being able to look this stuff up on a whim.

[@itzamia]

We need to figure out a way to get the moon to drop 5 degrees. Stronger tides and weather patterns builds character.

[@chikkumolbabu7305]

Great🙏

[@rangerocket9453]

Best Vid

[@sabrinawinkel1603]

Although it would be kinda cool to have a total solar eclipse every month!

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[@sourabh5793]

Great 👍👍👍

[@agyaat33]

I understood solar eclipse but I see moon getting sorter and then getting bigger (new moon to full moon) every month, so why don't we call that lunar eclipse.

[@etzjunior_]

@@rajavalasubramaniam7747 didn't still understand shit

[@mjayanthi8040]

@@rajavalasubramaniam7747 thanks. At last I understood

[@jayrussell3796]

So chances are that the orbits were probably in the same plane quite recently and was thrown out in the last 5000-12,000 years. Why else would there be such hoopla about them if they were as rare then as they are now ?

[@sailorman8668]

The moon's inclined orbit would have existed from the time of the moon's creation.

[@jayrussell3796]

@@sailorman8668 That's good to know.

[@anishtiwari1121]

what Is the new moon then?

[@sailorman8668]

Do you not understand that a new moon is possible without having a solar eclipse occur?

[@hareecionelson5875]

Ahh, so the Orbit of the Moon does not precess relative to the Sun, it has a fixed inclined plane, but its shadow only hits Earth at certain points in Earth's orbit.

[@CarnelPhase1]

Y’all notice how he keeps the moon in the same position as he walks around (thought the moon rotated around the earth every month) until he says now it’s time for the eclipses. Even with the tilt if the moon goes around the earth at some point every month there should be an eclipse seen from some part of the earth!!!

[@shadowfoam3491]

Are you kidding? Can't tell if you're kidding

[@sailorman8668]

@@shadowfoam3491 This clown obviously aced his DUMBASS 101 course.

[@ajayofficial8482]

i came here hoping to see some nonsense..but this guy right there have made it!.....

[@Unapologetictruthtalk]

Lies

[@sailorman8668]

Is that all you can say?
Did you not think it might be helpful to have offered your own alternative explanation as to why a solar eclipse occurs so infrequently?
Perhaps too, you're one of these deluded fools that actually thinks the moon creates its own light?

[@reihino9875]

lies

[@adrianlee3635]

All this tilting is all make believe, there is no such thing, period.

[@dhan3766]

Its not just human being proved it... Say Hello to satellite who captured every movement of the moon...
(if thats not a proof that you want in all make believe)

[@adrianlee3635]

Do you own study

[@sailorman8668]

@@adrianlee3635 = DELUDED FLAT EARTH BELIEVING FOOL.

[@thunderballz74]

So the moon does not go around the earth in a certain orbit..it wobbles up and down..well i guess its a "scientific explanation"..lol bright sun and during the day we can see the moon but no shadow..but we have sunlight with no sun in the sky ..but science will straighten my ass out ...i know

[@sailorman8668]

Are you trying to make yourself look like an ignorant fool on purpose?
If so, you've certainly succeeded.