Look at this Amazing Munar Eclipse . it caught my eye :o

[icemasterpt]

I took it a bit too late, when i first saw it it was a complete Ring

Edited July 9, 2013 by icemasterpt
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[Guest]

wtf, the image doesnt show -.-

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[icemasterpt]

dropbox is failing me -.-

[Sof]

There is something you don't see every 6 Kerbin days.

Oh wait..

[Cby]

Ah yes, since the mun is on a 0 inclination, they are very common. Still very pretty.

[Kialar]

I still like those eclipses. It is definitely irrelevant how often they occur, as they are just beautiful to watch. My 5 cents.

[Apollo1391]

it is so BEATIFUL!

[Schweehog]

I used to have a picture of a perfect ring that I was looking at in full zoom out of my space shuttle. I deleted my KSP folder, so it's gone now. This is the only known picture: http://i.imgur.com/ggIKL6p.png

[EmissionGeneration]

There is something you don't see every 6 Kerbin days.

Oh wait..

I've never really payed attention, but I heard [can't remember where] that it was once a Month for the Eclipse. Meh oh well, they are still cool no matter when they come.

[Pulstar]

Since the Mun's orbit is at 0 degree inclination it means it aligns with the sun for an eclipse every "duration of munar orbit"+("distance covered of kerbin's solar orbit while the Mun does one full orbit"/"total length of kerbin's solar orbit")*"duration of munar orbit". Well almost, actually you need to keep adding the ("distance covered of kerbin's solar orbit during the time the Mun catches up to new solar position in the sky"/"total length of kerbin's solar orbit")*"duration of munar" orbit part for infinity as it should be an infinite geometric series. Luckily though since we know the Mun eventually does eclipse the Sun and kerbin doesn't really travel too fast around its orbit the ratio we need to keep adding should be smaller than 1 which means that an the sum of infinite ratios we would need to count to know when the eclipse happens is indeed a fixed number rather than infinity.

Overall, without doing the math (too lazy to count the exact numbers), I would say that it happens on average at least once per two Mun orbits around Kerbin. So not a month.

EDIT:actually wait, if the Mun is traveling around Kerbin in the same direction as Kerbin is around the sun it should actually be (duration of munar orbit)-(sum of infinite series of "catch up" ratios). Circles make everything complicated. But that means it actually happens at least once every orbit and sometimes twice! Mind=blown. Either way munar eclipses are indeed quite frequent.

Edited July 9, 2013 by Pulstar

[Tw1]

I love those. I'm sure every 6 days many kerbals look up and watch.

The rest probably just get on with their lives, how boring.

[NeoMorph]

How about this for a silhouette semi-eclipse shot... It's the sun crushed between the Mun and Kerbin.

[Odo]

[icemasterpt]

nice ring Odo

[Cashen]

It would be awesome if in some future update, they could have celestial bodies cast shadows on others. So the sky and ground on Kerbin would actually get dark as the Mun's shadow passed over. And likewise the entire Mun would get dark when Kerbin blocks the sun.

[GreeningGalaxy]

I once had a perfect total eclipse on the instant of takeoff on an unmanned rescue mission for the Mun.

About ten minutes later, I came down over the Mun, tried to kill my horizontal velocity, failed, and put a reasonably expensive black mark on the surface. This was before I knew how to screenshot or quicksave (nooooob I know).

I'm not superstitious, why do you ask?

[buzz66boy]

Yup they are awesome.

[Odo]

nice ring Odo

Thanks This was during a test with an experimental interplanetary craft, which can be seen vaguely.

[WhiteWeasel]

Its it possible for an eclipse with minmus?

[Lemcal Kerman]

Arn't these solar eclipses?

[Snark]

1 hour ago, Lemcal Kerman said:

Arn't these solar eclipses?

Yes indeed, they are.

Though it's also worth pointing out that this thread is ancient-- over 3 years since the last post-- so questions & comments about it now are kinda moot.