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Originally Posted by photon
The only time the earth blocks the moon is during a lunar eclipse, which is the exception when the moon is on the side of the earth away from the sun, not the rule (as the moon's orbit isn't perfectly aligned with the plane of earth's orbit around the sun).
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ok that makes more sense. for some reason i thought moons followed the same plane of orbit around planets that they do around the sun
but still, i remember seeing a space show talking about the huge benefits of solar panels on the moon, since they could collect the full force of the sun's energy instead of having some of it diffused by an atmosphere. plus with no wind or weather to worry about, there would be virtually no maintenance needed