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▲ JumpCrisscross 6 hours ago

It’s also transient. In a few million years, the Moon will have drifted far enough away that it cannot fully eclipse the sun. Long ago, the Moon was so close you wouldn’t have been able to clearly see the Sun’s corona during a total eclipse.

▲savoyard 4 hours ago | parent [-]

Over 600 million years left! Complex life may be gone by then (see silicate weathering).