Assertion: moon | /r/CapableOf | cover the sun
Facets:
value: completely
type: MANNER
value: on solar eclipses
type: TEMPORAL
value: fully
type: MANNER
value: no longer
type: TEMPORAL
value: likewise
type: MANNER
value: millions of years ago
type: TEMPORAL
value: always
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Total solar eclipses happen when the Moon completely covers the Sun, and it can only take place when the Moon is near perigee, the point of the Moon's orbit closest to Earth.
text: This is what we typically think of when we use the word “eclipse,” with the moon covering the Sun.
text: A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon completely covers the Sun, as seen from Earth.
text: Total Solar Eclipse : When the moon fully covers the Sun, and its umbra and penumbra are casted on Earth, then it is called as the total solar eclipse.
text: : When the moon fully covers the Sun, and its umbra and penumbra are casted on Earth, then it is called as the total solar eclipse.
text: Therefore, the Moon covers the Sun nearly precisely during a total solar eclipse.
text: The combination of these two changes means that hundreds of millions of years ago, the Moon would always completely cover the Sun on solar eclipses, and no annular eclipses were possible.
text: Likewise, hundreds of millions of years in the future, the Moon will no longer cover the Sun completely, and total solar eclipses will not occur.
text: A partial eclipse, when the moon doesn’t completely cover the sun, happens at least twice a year somewhere on Earth.