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[–] SirEDCaLot@lemmy.today 151 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Should have invited her to go watch the eclipse together

[–] djsoren19@yiffit.net 19 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

OP is definitely gay

[–] SirEDCaLot@lemmy.today 7 points 3 weeks ago

There's an old quote, 'never blame on malice that which can be explained by incompetence'.

I would adapt that to be, 'never blame on homosexuality that which can be explained by stupidity'...

[–] GottaKnowYourCHKN@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago

This is definitely some incel "I don't need women I go my own way" sort of post.

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 33 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

a lunar eclipse only takes a few hours

not all night

[–] LostXOR@fedia.io 5 points 3 weeks ago

They can be over 6 hours with ideal conditions, which could be all night during the summer at higher latitudes. (On the summer solstice, my city only gets around 5 hours of night + astronomical twilight).

[–] superkret@feddit.org 32 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Should have asked her if she wants to join him watching the lunar eclipse.

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 16 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah. That would have been the real pro move.

[–] WastingCommentSpace@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago

Sounds aromantic and/or ace to me.

[+] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml -6 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Uhm, lunar eclipses aren't visible. Or did i mix that up?

[–] itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 22 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah they are, they happen when the full moon passes through the Earth's shadow

[–] flames5123@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Lunar eclipses are visible everywhere you can see the moon (roughly half of the earth)

Solar eclipses are only visible in the shadow of the moon, which is very tiny comparatively.

[+] FlexibleToast@lemmy.world -15 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Lunar eclipse? As in a new moon that happens every month?

[–] brisk@aussie.zone 49 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

No. "New moon" is just the night side of the moon facing us. A lunar eclipse is when the Earth blocks sunlight from the moon, which can only occur on a full moon approximately every six months.

[–] Jumuta@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

a new moon only blocks the sun periodically because the moon's orbit has a 5 degree inclination:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Lunar_Orbit_and_Orientation_with_respect_to_the_Ecliptic.svg/440px-Lunar_Orbit_and_Orientation_with_respect_to_the_Ecliptic.svg.png (png is black on transparent)

[–] Eiri@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

What would be a solar eclipse though

[–] superkret@feddit.org 2 points 3 weeks ago

When the moon is directly between the earth and the sun, during the day.

[–] shottymcb@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago

Solar eclipse is when the moon is between the sun and the earth. Lunar eclipse is when the earth is between the moon and the sun. A "new moon" is just when the side of the moon that we can see isn't facing the sun.

[–] piccolo@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago

A new moon is when the moon is between the sun and earth. A full moon is when the moon is behind the earth, and a lunar eclipse is when the earth blocks the sun on the moon during a full moon cycle.

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