Why does the moon look the same size as the earth?

Answer 1

This is just a fortunate thing for us. Over the centuries, we will notice that the moon is getting farther and farther from earth, and we will no longer have the spectacular solar eclipses that we enjoy today.

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Answer 2

The Sun has a mean diameter of 1.392×106 km and a distance of 1.496×108 km

The Moon has a mean diameter of 3,474 km and a distance of 384,400 km.

So the Moon is about 400 times smaller than the Sun (1.392×106 / 3,474) but coincidentally the Sun is 400 times further away. So they both look to be the same size. Which is why a total solar eclipse occurs.

Because the Moon is much closer to the Earth than the Sun is. The moon is only about 240,000 miles from Earth, while the Sun is an average of 93,000,000 miles away. Hold your thumb up to a large object, like a house, and walk away until the object is hidden by your thumb. Then start walking toward the object again and see what happens.

Answer 3

Because the moon, while much smaller, is much much nearer. It's an astronomical coincidence that they appear the same size from Earth, and it's a temporary one to boot. The Moon is (veryslowly) moving further away from Earth so it appears to be getting smaller, while the Sun is actually getting larger.

Answer 4

The moon is closer to Earth than the sun is, so because of the distance, they look the same size. In reality, the sun is much much bigger than the moon but they appear the same to the naked eye.

Answer 5

It is a complete coincidence that both the Sun and Moon look half a degree in diameter from where we are. It gives us the wonderful sight of a total solar eclipse which everyone should see once in a lifetime, when the Moon fits exactly in front of the Sun and we can see the corona.

In fact the Sun is 400 times further away and 400 times bigger.

Answer 6

The Moon is much closer and much smaller. But the Sun, 400 times farther away, looks smaller due to the distance. The facts that their sizes appear about the same is coincidental -- in the distant past, the Moon orbited slightly closer and appeared larger than it does today.

The elliptical orbit of the Moon makes it appear 12% smaller at apogee than at perigee, so that annular eclipses occur when the Moon appears smaller than the Sun.

Answer 7

It's just a coincidence (and it is only approximate, of course). Many other moons DON'T look the same size as the Sun, when viewed from their corresponding planet.Note: The Sun has about 400 times the diameter of the Moon; it is also about 400 times as distant from us.

Answer 8

It depends where you are, I believe there is a place in space where earth and moon look same size, but I doubt that you have been there...

Answer 9

They look the same size because the moon is closer to the Earth than the sun.

Answer 10

the moon is closer to earth than the sun