TIL that in 500 million years there will be no more total eclipses due to the fact that the moon is drifting farther away

http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/physics/128-our-solar-system/the-sun/solar-eclipses/148-will-we-ever-stop-having-solar-eclipses-because-of-the-moon-s-motion-away-from-the-earth-intermediate



Submitted March 20, 2015 at 08:04PM by pullarius1 http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2zpbcz/til_that_in_500_million_years_there_will_be_no/