Lunar nodes current affairs
Lunar nodes The Moon’s orbit around the Earth is tilted with relation to the Earth’s orbital plane by 5 degrees with two intersecting points – ‘Ascending Node’ and ‘Descending Node.’ Thus, despite the Moon being between the Earth and Sun on every new Moon, the three do not always come on a straight line or cause an eclipse. These nodes also rotate around the Earth once in 18 years. In this way, if a new Moon takes place when a node is also between the Earth and Sun, the three come in a straight line and an eclipse takes place.