The Moon's Orbit and Eclipses

Is this why the moon doesn’t “show up” some nights?

Conceptually this makes sense but in reality I have no idea how we were able to figure any of this out. Because also the elliptical of the earth and moon change too

This is the most details and easy to understand about moon's orbit. Thanks!

Well riddle me this, Moon Man….I see the moon during the day and night. If its day in my area that means it’s night on the other half of the world. So how can I see the moon during the day (which is their night). This means the entire Earth can see the moon at the same time. If you hold a basketball up and a tennis ball and placed a micro miniature person on the side of the ball facing away from the tennis ball, there is no way for that person to see that tennis ball. Space is confusing.

Great video, thoroughly enjoyed watching, this is exactly what I was looking for! Great job.

This might seem rudimentary, but I've just learnt the effects of Axial precision on on the equinoxes and solstices - for some reason I thought that they were effected by earth's elliptical orbit and that the solstices coincided with its orbital apsis!

Seeing how orbits intersect is perfect. Tnx

Thank you for another amazing video! Another puzzle completed

Christian is like the “Richard Feynman” of astronomy and astrophysics but in the era of awesome computer graphics! Thanks again!

Your animation of the precession cleared a lot of my thoughts.
I am curious what is the reference point for the apogee and perigee - I mean what happens with the elliptical orbit of the moon around the earth, watching the solar system from above - what does it stay aligned with?

Very well explained with clear animations. I am learning at my age 83 from your top class video. Thank you for your making this video. I wonder how complex celestial mechanics is with so many variables. Your explanation for the red moon during total lunar eclipse is impressive. Thank you from India.

bloodmoon is created by earth atmoshpere .you mean neon ? it doesnt make sense

"The moon goes around earth" really should be "the moon goes around BY the earth", isn't it?

Sir please tell me is it possible that any full moon day moon rises from east although sun is already there .

"Pure coincidence" LOL! There are so many "coincidences" that they had to call it fine tuning. Not just of the universe but also of the Solar system

Thank you so much for making this video. It finally helped me understand the lunar orbital precession visually and I had been looking for a while. Great work

Amazing explanation. Thanks.

Is the moon's orbit from the moon-sun frame sinusoidal or epicyclic?

Thank you thank you thank you this is exactly what I was looking for

the best video!

The video is gold 🥇 It has everything that I have been wanting to know about the moon's orbit. Thank you very much for making this video ❤️

The moon is turned to the Earth on one side because its center of mass is shifted towards the Earth by 5 km. This must be taken into account when landing and when orbiting the Moon.

I was looking for this info. Finally 👍🏻

What proof do you have that it is pure coincidence?

So I have a question what happens to the Moon when the sun hits the moon on the Darkside of the moon what happens then to the moon because I know it has to be a phenomenon for the moon to get Sun even though it does. but it's gonna get like at least five minutes this time around in the solar eclipse.

Thank you for this great explanation! So hard to find a visual like this. The only thing more I cannot visualize is why the solar eclipse shadow moves west to east when the earth's rotation is so much faster than the lunar prograde orbit around the earth.

Best visual representation. Fascinated by the moon

Very clear explanation on why eclipses don't occur every month! Thank you!

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I almost never saw a video with that simplicity and clarity explaining why eclipses doesn't happen each month... Masterclass.

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can a total eclipse path take the same exact path and location again thousands, millions or billions of years later for example the total eclipse on 4-8-2024 can another total eclipse take that same path and location again if not why?

What are the chances they're the same size as the sun? No such thing as coincidence in the heavens. The earth is a stationary realm and the heavens is the ones moving, not earth. It's a perfect time piece of the creator.

You can only fool dumb people. Slightly elliptical movement ha?

You lost me at "by pure coincidence" 😂

Danke!

Why exaggerate the accentricity on the 1st model?

Does the moon´s plane of orbit not change?

W - O - W. Thank you for such an informative, clear, visual explanation. That must have taken you a lot of research and video storyboarding and editing. I will probably watch this another time and another time until I'm able to reproduce it.

This is a great explanation

Hmm, seems like every phenomena that exist on our planet, or outside of it, is very nifty and convenient, it's almost like it's planned and not a coincidence after all? Right? Right. I don't know why anyone with sound intellect believes that are our universe is due to complete and utter coincidence, while everything that we know, see, and feel, and observe whether from our planet, or the universe, and even our selves, seems to contradict that foolish statement.

It's a very informative and worthy video. 🌷Thank you for sharing

Thanks!

I saw the eclipse Last year man that was a experience

Спасибо за видео!!!

In 1976 I was in Melbourne Victoria Australia and that was a total eclipse, no ring of sunlight, total night for a few minutes. Spectacularly dark.

The embiggulation was very helpful.

Excellent production. I have just one question: you show the umbra moving over the continental United States from West to East. How is this explained if the Earth is spinning East to West so much faster than any other cellestial object?

I drove to see the 2024 total solar eclipse in totality and it was an emotional experience. Definitely can't be described, it's just something you have to experience.

The Great American Eclipse 😂😂😂😂. Ffs