Sign up ×  This question already has an answer here:  Since we
see the new moon at least once in a month when the Moon gets in
between of the Sun and the Moon at the night and as far as I
know if this happens during the day, you'll get to see a solar
eclipse. Why don't we get to see this often or in the day?  Does
it mean that in some part of world there's a solar eclipse when
we are seeing a new moon? I'm looking for a diagram or
interactive way to understand this if possible as I'm not a
native English speaker, but I'll try my best to do so.
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Qmechanic Apr 25 '13 at 18:49   Related: –  Qmechanic May 13 '12
at 21:02  1 Answer 1  up vote 3 down vote accepted  If the
Moon's orbit around the Earth were in exactly the same plane as
the Earth's orbit around the Sun, we'd have a total solar
eclipse every month (but 100% totality would be seen only from
the tropics).  But in fact they're not in the same plane. The
Earth's spin axis is tilted by about 23 degre