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The Sun is about 950,000 miles across. The Moon is about 2,160 miles across.

Coincidentally, they LOOK the same size! The apparent diameter of the Sun is very nearly the same as the apparent diameter of the Moon, which is what makes eclipses so interesting.

This is because the Sun is 93,000,000 miles away, while the Moon is only 250,000 miles away.

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