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Originally Posted by OzStarGazer
PS: I tried to search the forum, but didn't find anything...
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Ah, well, you need to use the right term
If you put "Danjon Limit" into a search engine you will find the answer you are looking for.
The short answer is "No, you can't do 100%" but the answer about the total solar eclipse is also right!
Second, the Danjon limit describes the closest the Moon can be to the Sun and still be detected, which the French astronomer Danjon worked out to be 7 degrees separation. There were a series of articles in
Sky & Telescope about this during the 2000's where some Middle East amateurs tried to break this with some big binoculars and I think they may have managed to crack it. There is a bit of debate about the limit as well, so you should be able to find plenty of reading about it now you know what to search for.
There was a mention of it in
this thread.