|During recent history the Moon has had roughly same size as the [[Sun]] when viewed from Earth. This creates a situation which permits phenomenal solar eclipses to occur. The odds of that symmetry occurring by chance are very small. That symmetry will not last forever. | |During recent history the Moon has had roughly same size as the [[Sun]] when viewed from Earth. This creates a situation which permits phenomenal solar eclipses to occur. The odds of that symmetry occurring by chance are very small. That symmetry will not last forever. |