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The moon orbits all the way around Earth ever twenty-nine and a half days, this causes the moon to look different, and have different phases. A solar eclipse may happen when a new moon passes between the Earth and Sun. If the shadow hits Earth at the same time, the sun will look eclipsed or covered, but this may only happen two to five times a year. Partial Eclipses are still very dangerous to look at because the uncovered part of the sun is still very radiant and bright, which may cause blindness or severe damage to your eyes. Sometimes the new moon will turn a bright red color, and the sun can be seen through it, which is also dangerous to view without the right protective eyewear. The sun's distance from earth is about 400 times the distance as the moon and the Diameter of the sun is about 400 times larger than the diameter of the moon, this ratio allows the sun and moon to look as if they are the same size, as viewed from earth.



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