Only when the moon, Earth and the sun are perfectly aligned is the moon 100% full. And sometimes — once in a blue moon — the moon is full twice in a month (or four times in a season ...

Since the Moon will be very near perigee (only 222,808 miles) when the eclipse occurs, it would be a total solar eclipse rather than an annular solar eclipse if the entire Sun were covered.

Since the Moon will be very near perigee (only 222,808 miles) when the eclipse occurs, it would be a total solar eclipse rather than an annular solar eclipse if the entire Sun were covered.