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Solar Eclipses on Planet Tidally Locked with Its Moon

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I would like to better understand how often solar eclipses would happen on a planet that is tidally locked with its moon (and the moon is tidally locked with the planet). I understand that in this situation, from the planet's surface, only half of the planet would ever see the moon and thus ever be subjected to a solar eclipse. I also am under the impression that, from the planet's surface, the side that could see the moon would witness the full range of lunar phases over a day. Assuming in this situation that the moon orbits the equator of the planet, and the planet sits on a rotational axis similar to the Earth's (23.5 degrees), would the hemisphere of the planet that sees the moon experience only a solar eclipse twice a year "“ on the Spring Equinox and the Autumnal Equinox? If so, how much of that hemisphere would be able to view a total and partial eclipse? What factors would influence the total and partial eclipse? Thank you!

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