its elliptical orbit

However, if an eclipse occurs while the Moon is on the far side of its elliptical orbit, it appears smaller than the Sun and can't completely cover it.

但是如果日食出现在月球处于它的椭圆轨道远地点的时候，它显得比太阳小而无法完全遮盖住太阳。

The Moon's elliptical orbit means its distance from the Earth is not constant.

月球椭圆型的轨道意味着它到地球的距离是变化着的。

It orbits its star every 4.7 days, in a moderately elliptical orbit at a mean distance of only 0.04 AU (one tenth of Mercury's distance from the sun).

它每4.7天环绕恒星一周，其轨道为一个适度的椭圆，平均距离仅0.04个天文单位(为水星距太阳的十分之一)。