alt Hacker NewsThat's right.
In these missed eclipse the moon is usually a little too high or a little too down. The moon revolves on a plane that is tilted respect the Earth's plane of revolution. These two planes of revolution intersect at the the two points called nodes.
See this picture
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Eclipse_vs_new_or_full_mo...
If the new moon happens to fall on the node then you will get a solar Eclipse.
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jmtrevarton • today at 4:57 PM
Thank you! That's actually really helpful!
The model also places the moon way further from the Earth than it really is or else you wouldn't be able to see it as separate from the Earth, so that messes with creating a mental model for how the whole thing works as well.