Lunar node
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A lunar node is either of the two orbital nodes of the Moon; that is, the two points at which the orbit of the Moon intersects the orbit of Earth. The ascending or north node is where the Moon moves i
The dragon in Peter Apian's Astronomicum Caesareum, 1540
Eclipse season
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An eclipse season is a period of approximately 1 month, occurring roughly every six months, when the orbits of the Earth, Sun, and Moon align such that solar and lunar eclipses occur. Eclipse seasons
Lunar node
…the northern ecliptic hemisphere, while the descending or south node is where the Moon enters the southern ecliptic hemisphere. They are the reason for eclipse season, being the intersection necessary for the alignment of Sun, Earth and Moon. The line of nodes, which is also the intersection between the two respective…
James Ferguson's 1757 comparison of a lunar or solar eclipse with a full or new moon, showing how the nodal precession of the moon's 5° orbital inclination means eclipses happen only about every six months rather than every two weeks
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