In the diagram above, the moon is lined up on a node. The moon aligns with the nodes and the sun about twice per year, which is how we get eclipses. A solar eclipse happens when the moon is ...

More leaving in its wake an eclipse diagram. Total lunar eclipses occur when the Earth moves directly between the sun and the moon, with the moon slowly moving through Earth’s shadow in space.

On the diagram above, the moon is lined up on a node. The moon aligns with the nodes and the sun about twice per year, which is how we get eclipses. You get a solar eclipse when the moon is ...