How did the Moon end up with an orbit the perfect distance to cause total eclipses?

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How did the Moon end up with an orbit the perfect distance to cause total eclipses?

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It’s a coincidence, but the moon used to be larger in the sky, and is continuing to get smaller. We just happen to live at a time when they are very roughly similar in size from our perspective.

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