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Why do lunar and solar eclipses not happen every month?

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Solar snd Lunar Eclipse occur each day. But total solar and lunar eclipse only occur in full moon day.

what grade u in? seems like ur a 6th grader.

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User Csaba Benko
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They do not happen every month because the Earth's orbit around the sun is not in the same plane as the Moon's orbit around the Earth.
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