If the moon orbited Earth on the same plane that Earth circles the sun, then we d have a total lunar eclipse at each full moon, and a total solar eclipse at each new moon. But that doesn t happen because the lunar orbit is inclined to Earth s orbit by about 5 degrees.
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April 14, 2021
When sunlight filters through trees, you may get a corona effect where the rays from the light sources take on the colors of the rainbow.
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Sohil Pothiawala in Singapore captured this photo of sunshine filtering through trees on April 7, 2021. He said the phenomenon is called “komorebi” (sunbeams) in Japanese. Thank you, Sohil!