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have you ever wondered how even though

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the sun is so much bigger than the moon

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they appear to be the same size in the

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sky or how the moon can cover up the Sun

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and cause a total solar eclipse

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let's try something out take any two

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differently sized circles

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I'm using a paper plate

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and a coin I found

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secure the larger Circle either by

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having a friend hold on to it for you or

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now what you're going to want to do is

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take the smaller Circle and hold it out

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at arm's length and close one eye

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see if it overlaps the larger Circle

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if it doesn't take a few more steps back

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and try again until the smaller Circle

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completely overlaps the larger Circle

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what we found here is the spot where the

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smaller object appears to look at the

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same size as the bigger object despite

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being completely different sizes

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even though the Moon is about 400 times

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smaller than the sun it's also about 400

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times closer to us

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so when both the sun and the moon appear

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in the sky the moon can completely cover

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up the Sun and cause a total solar

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eclipse try this at home and see if you

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can find the point where objects appear

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to be the same size despite being

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completely different

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eclipses are all about perspective and

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distances

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the distance and angle of the Moon can

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vary throughout the year so sometimes

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instead of a total solar eclipse we can

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get a partial solar eclipse when the

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moon only covers part of the Sun or an

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annular solar eclipse when the sun peeks

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out around the moon so it looks like a

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big Ring of Fire