If the moon is drifting away from Earth at a rate of about an inch a year, at what point will a total solar eclipse just not be possible anymore?
now
>>8063967
That is incorrect.
>>8064005
I don't think the moon is eclipsing currently
>>8063967
the Moons angular size is 31 arcmin while the Suns in 30. So yes, the moon does eclipse the sun.
>>8063931
>total solar eclipse
This is prove that God exists. It would be too much of a coincidence to have the perfect distance between the moon and the sun for we to have eclipses otherwise.
![2012-04-15-sun-flares-vs-earth-full[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/KSBFq7s.jpg "2012-04-15-sun-flares-vs-earth-full[1].jpg")
No, but it's true that Earths orbit is moving closer to the sun with each cycle.
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/spacenews/20121605?php
>>8064270
OP's question wasn't a yes or no question you dumbass
>>8064276
I wasn't answering OP dumbass
Hearsay
Why don't you do the math, instead of asking us?
>>8063931
>at what point will a total solar eclipse just not be possible anymore
-1/12 years from now
>>8064574
Oh shit waddup
x = distance from surface of earth to moon.
r = radius of moon
s = distance from surface to centre of sun
t = radius of sun
r/x = t/s when there is an exact total eclipse ( the moons frontal area = sun frontal area)
now it's just a method of converting your silly imperial units over to S.I., then you'll be good as gold. Presuming you can do basic maths.
HAVE FUN.
About 600 million years
How long until we lose it entirely?
