Multiple Choice
What is the major factor that governs whether a solar eclipse is total rather than annular when viewed from the center of the eclipse path on Earth?
A) altitude of the observing site, because observers on a mountaintop are closer to the Moon and this affects the eclipse geometry
B) Earth-Moon distance
C) Earth-Sun distance
D) phase of the Moon; total eclipses occur at new Moon, whereas annular eclipses occur at quarter Moon.
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