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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The moon used to occlude the Sun even more in the past due to its closer orbit around Earth, and as the orbit grows, the moon will become incapable of occluding the Sun completely during a total eclipse unless the Sun grows dramatically faster to compensate…

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