Analyzing patterns in the phenomena Eclipses Analyzing patterns in the phenomena

What patterns can you find? Eclipses and Moon Phases Moon Phase Dates - Mountain Time Solar Eclipses: 2001 - 2020 Lunar Eclipses: 2001 - 2020 New First Quarter Full Third Quarter 2000 Dec 25 2001 Jan 09 2001 Jan 02 2001 Jan 16 2001 Jun 21 2001 Jul 05 2001 Jun 27 2001 Jul 13 2001 Dec 14 2001 Dec 30 2001 Dec 22 2002 Jan 05 2002 Jun 10 2002 May 26 2002 May 12 2002 May 19 2002 Jun 02 2002 Jun 24 2002 Jun 17 2002 Jul 02 2002 Dec 04 2002 Nov 19 2002 Nov 04 2002 Nov 11 2002 Nov 27 2002 Dec 11 2002 Dec 19 2002 Dec 26 2003 May 30 2003 May 15 2003 May 01 2003 May 09 2003 May 23 2003 Jun 07 2003 Jun 14 2003 Jun 21 2003 Nov 23 2003 Nov 08 2003 Oct 25 2003 Oct 31 2003 Nov 16 2003 Nov 30 2003 Dec 08 2003 Dec 16 2004 Apr 19 2004 May 04 2004 Apr 27 2004 May 11 2004 Oct 13 2004 Oct 27 2004 Oct 20 2004 Nov 04 2005 Apr 08 2005 Apr 24 2005 Apr 16 2005 May 01 2005 Oct 03 2005 Oct 17 2005 Oct 10 2005 Oct 24 2006 Mar 29 2006 Mar 14 2006 Feb 27 2006 Mar 06 2006 Mar 22 2006 Apr 05 2006 Apr 13 2006 Apr 20 2006 Sep 22 2006 Sep 07 2006 Aug 23 2006 Aug 31 2006 Sep 14 2006 Sep 30 2006 Oct 06 2006 Oct 13 What patterns can you find?

Use the patterns you discovered in the data and your knowledge of moon phases to answer these two questions. What are the relative positions of Earth, Moon and Sun at the time of a solar eclipse? What are the relative positions of Earth, Moon and Sun at the time of a lunar eclipse?

A closer look at Lunar Eclipses

Is the Moon’s orbit around Earth in the same plane as Earth’s orbit around the Sun? When there is no lunar eclipse at the time of a full moon, where is the Moon in relation to Earth’s shadow? Can we model the motion of the Moon to account for the phenomena?