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lions of years in the past, the Moon was too close to the Earth to precisely occlude the Sun as it does during eclipses today。 and many millions of years in the future, it will be too far away to do so. ? Due to tidal acceleration, the orbit of the Moon around the Earth bees approximately cm more distant each year. It is estimated that in 600 million years, the distance from the Earth to the Moon will have increased by 23,500 km, meaning that it will no longer be able to pletely cover the Sun39。s disk. This will be true even when the Moon is at perigee, and the Earth at aphelion.[24] 樣例文本 3 ? Solar eclipses are seen on Earth because of a fortuitous bination of circumstances. Even on Earth, eclipses of the type familiar to people today are a temporary (on a geological time scale) phenomenon. Hundreds of millions of years in the past, the Moon was too close to the Earth to precisely occlude the Sun as it does during eclipses today。 and many millions of years in the future, it will be