How did the Moon end up with an orbit the perfect distance to cause total eclipses?
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It isn’t, not always. Because the moon’s orbit is elliptical, the moon isn’t always the same distance from earth. This why we get things like Annular Solar Eclipses, where the moon is right in front of the sun, but only covering it partly (creating a ring of sunlight around the moon, very cool)
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