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The Sun is 400 times larger than the Moon. The Moon is 400 times nearer than the Sun.
The Moons disc is, by coincidence, just able to cover the Sun's disc when viewed from Earth.
On rare, but predicted times and locations a total eclipse of the Sun occurs as the Moon moves across the face of the Sun and blocks sunlight completely for up to 5 minutes.
This will happen next Wednesday when the path of totality travels across China and India
It is likely that this eclipse will be the longest duration and will be viewed by the most people ever.
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