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Why don't we experience a solar eclipse every month?
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Why don't we experience a solar eclipse every month?

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This is due to the earths spin on it's axis and the moons gravitational pull. We don't and cant get a lunar eclipse or a solar eclipse every month, since the alignment of the sun, moon and Earth is not exact enough.
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