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Why solor and lunar eclipses don't occur each month?

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An eclipse is when is when a body is covered or darkened by the shadow of another body. In the case of a lunar eclipse, the earth comes between the sun's light to the moon and the earth's shadow causes and eclipse. In a solar eclipse, the moon comes between ...

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