What effect does the precession of the Moon's nodes have on eclipses?
A) It causes us to have lunar eclipses exactly every 6 months.
B) It causes eclipses to occur a little less often than they would if the nodes did not precess.
C) It causes eclipses to occur a little more often than they would if the nodes did not precess.
D) Without this precession, eclipses could never occur.
E) Without this precession, eclipses would occur every month.
C) It causes eclipses to occur a little more often than they would if the nodes did not precess.
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