Why do we not have eclipses every month??

Question

Help me!!

Answer 1

The moon's orbit is tilted a bit compared to the apparent motion of the sun in our sky (that is called the "ecliptic").
So each month the moon is little above or a little below the sun, and therefore the moon doesn't pass between the Earth and the sun and it doesn't pass into Earth's shadow.
The moon crosses the ecliptic around the March and September equinoxes, so it is more likely to either pass into Earth's shadow (a lunar eclipse) or in front of the sun (a solar eclipse) at those times.
But planets and moons do not have orbits that are exactly the same each month or year, so we don't see eclipses every spring and fall equinoxes.

Answer 2

really we do.

sort of.

the earth and the moon are always casting shadows, like everything else in space, the shadow doesn't always hit the moon, or the earth.

now... if you said "Why don't we have a SOLAR eclipse every month?" i woulda had to explain the orbital tilt thingie... but you didn't specify.

Answer 3

Because the orbit of the moon lies in a
slightly different plane from that of the
earth so that the three don't line up
every month.