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Why does the moon block the Sun during a solar eclipse

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In a solar eclipse, the sun is completely blocked because the moon moves between the earth and the sun. Although the moon is much smaller than the sun because it is located so far away from the earth, the moon can completely block sunlight from the earth's point of view.

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