Earth Moon System
Total Lunar Eclipse
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The plane of the moon's orbit is inclined to the plane of the Earth's orbit of the Sun.
Eclipses therefore happen infrequently - only when the Sun, the Moon and the Earth are in line. Such alignments only occur in Southern Hemisphere Winter and Summer months.