[doakes]

Interesting! I wonder how long ago (if ever) eclipses weren't even possible

[pie420]

it's the opposite, a long time ago eclipses were "bigger" and happened more often, as the moon drifts farther away, it seems smaller to us and will no longer be big enough in our sky to block the sun one day.

[Lerc]

Then we will have to endure a few million years of people arguing whether or not it should be called an eclipse or a transit

[doakes]

Thanks for clarifying

[piptastic]

Estimates suggest that total solar eclipses could cease to occur in about 600 million years from now, give or take, depending on the precise nature of lunar recession and changes in Earth's rotation. This timeframe is long enough that many other changes on Earth and in the solar system will also occur, making the cessation of total solar eclipses just one of many transformations.