[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