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Because it is way closer than other stars!

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Q: Why does the moon appear bigger than the stars?
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Are stars bigger or the moon?

Stars are much much bigger than the moon. They only appear to be smaller because they are so far away as compared to the moon. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ A star is a gigantic celestial body of hot gas that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior. The moon appears bigger because it is so much closer to us than the stars. The sun is also considered as a star.


What is the star bigger than the moon?

All stars are bigger than the moon.


Moon is smaller than star but appear bigger from earth?

Correct. The moon appears larger than the stars because it is much closer to us.


What is bigger star or moon?

it depends some stars are huge,10x the sun, and some are puny, smaller or about the same as the moon


Why does the moon seem bigger than any star?

because stars are further away than the moon so that way the moon looks bigger


Why does the moon seem bigger than any other star?

because stars are further away than the moon so that way the moon looks bigger


Why did the moon appear to be bigger than usual lately?

Because it was on the night of a full moon.


Why does the sun appear bigger and brighter than the other stars?

The sun appears bigger and brighter than other stars because it is much closer to us than any other stars.


Are stars bigger than moons?

Yes, much bigger. The stars appear tiny because they are unimaginably far away. The stars we see at night are suns, some bigger and brighter than out son, some with their own planets orbiting them.


Why does the sun appear bigger than the stars?

Because we are closer to the sun than to the stars. The sun is bigger than SOME stars. Stars can be all different sizes. Some stars are in fact smaller than our sun but not as small as they appear to be. On the other hand, some stars are hundreds even thousands times larger than the sun we see. They only look small because they are so far away.


Why do the stars appear so small and why does the moon appear so big?

The stars appear small to us because they are very far away. They are actually much larger than the moon. The moon appears large in the sky because it is Earth's closest neighbor in space.


Why does the sun appear brighter than your stars?

Because it's closer, like the moon