This may seem like a stupid question, but how come during solar eclipses the moon happens to be an almost perfect for over the sun? Especially considering the fact that they are so different in size and distance from the Earth? Is this coincidental?
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It is a coincidence, yeah. In the past, the moon was much closer to the earth and covered the sun much more. In the future, the moon will drift farther away from the earth and not cover much of the sun anymore.
That’s all. We just luckily are alive when the two are approximately the same visual size based on their current distances (and real sizes).
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