So that means earlier lunar eclipses were not as cool, since the moon blocked more of the corona? But as we are getting into the final billion years of the eclipse period, we get the coolest ones, with the best views of the corona?

April 11, 2026 - 04:10 UTC

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I'm not an astronomer but I think we only get the cool corona effect because the whole disc is blacked out. But maybe.

When the Moon was closer there would have been a distinctly Cthulhu moment where the corona appeared on one side of the sun as it blacked out. Tentacles!
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The moon has been blocking the whole disc since it formed, but earlier it would have been blocking out more of the corona at the same time. Eventually it will move far enough away that full solar eclipses are no longer possible.

But yes, maybe tentacles on the one edge, then on the other.
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