Why do the sun, the moon and the earth not lie In one and the same line on every full moon and new moon day?​

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Solution. The orbital path of the earth around the sun and that of the moon around the earth is not in the same plane. The moon's revolutionary orbit makes an angle of about 5° with that of the earth. Therefore, the sun, the moon, and the earth do not lie in one and the same line on every full moon day and new moon day ...

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Explanation:

(i)The orbital path of the earth and that of moon are not in the same plane.

(ii) The moons revolutionary orbit makes an angle of about 5 with that of the earth.As a result, the moon

intersects the plane of the earths orbit twice

during one revolution.

(iii) On each new moon day, the lines joining the earth and the sun and the moon make an angle of 0 whereas on each full moon day, this angle is 180.

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