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Lunar eclipse does not occur every month because ________

Lunar eclipse does not occur every month because ________ Correct Answer The moon's orbit is not all the time in the same plane as the earth

They do not happen every month because the Earth's orbit around the sun is not in the same plane as the Moon's orbit around the Earth.

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