Ecliptic
The path apparently described by the sun in his annual course
through the heavens. Eclipses happen only when the moon is in or near
the same plane.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Ecliptic from Fact Monster:
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