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This is an interesting question. "Why Sun and the moon look same size form earth ?"
In one line the answer is - "It is one of the 267(see note below) coincidences in nature."
Professor Stephen Hawking, in his book "Black Holes and Baby Universes and other essays", has mentioned about 267 coincidences which make life possible on earth. While Professor Hawking goes deep to the level of orbital distance of electron in the Hydrogen atom being a narrow coincidence related to the energy/mass of the electron and its wave lenght and to deeper coincidence in fundamental particles, I have worked backwards and attempted to list the 267 coincidences (which make life possible on Earth). The first coincidence (lets call it C1), is the existence of water on earth. Mind you all coincidences are linked to each other like an elegant necklace. Water existes on earth because of the Temperature range we have. We have a narrow 100degree temperature from -40 to +60 degrees C just good to support life (that is us -the observers and souls asking such interesting questions instead of spending our time in stock markets). This is C2. What makes C2 possible? It is the distance of earth from the Sun and its orbit which is very slightly eliptical. this is C3 (the distance) and permit me to add C3A (the slight elliptical nature).
Where does the Moon come in? Well again Moon its size its Mass and its distance from Earth fall in coincidence C4 A-B-C. Imagine life without Moon! Apart form depriving many poets from a beautiful subject, honestly you and I wouldn't be there to conduct this dialogue. Without moon the tides would disappear (or would be too weak due to suns gravity and Earths axial rotation). If tides disappear - well its antibody's guess, chances are that life wouldn't have evolved on earth.
So finally, its the coincidence #C4C that puts moon at the right distance, C4A gives it the right size and C4B gives the right mass to make tides possible, and make the disk of moon acquire nearly the same solid angle as that of the Sun.
Just to conclude - Look at the Moon on a full moon. What one sees is a shadows of mountains on the moon, which make it look like a serene human face! Which makes it a lovable object and a subject of many poetic creations. Imagine if the shadows made it look like a ferocious animal or an angry human face?
Aah, Life is beautiful !!!
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Why does the earth viewed from the moon look the same size as the moon viewed from the earth?
It doesn't
What elements does the earth and moon have that are the same?
rocks
What is the temperature on the Dark side of the moon?
The temperature on the moon is the same on all sides. Around 100C in the middle of the day and -173C middle of the night. Although the moon is about the same distance from the Sun as Earth the reason for the moons extremes is it does not have the atmosphere Earth does. I have the feeling that you are labouring under the delusion that the dark side of the moon sees no sun. Not true, the moon only shows one side to Earth because it does not rotate on its axis, but everyone else in our solar system gets a look at all sides, including the sun.
How does the moon move in relaton with earth?
The moon circles the Earth approximately every month. It takes 27.3 days for the moon to make one orbit around our planet. Even though it looks like the moon is moving from East to West, it actually isn't. It's moving from West, to East. If you go outside and find the moon, look at the stars behind it. Go outside the same time the next night and the moon will be noticeably East from where it was the night before. :) That's also why the moon rises almost an hour later each night.
How much time does the moon takes to revolve around the earth?
The moon's synodic period, the time it takes to come back to the same phase relative to the Earth and Sun, varies but, on average, is 29.53 days.
Why does the earth viewed from the moon look the same size as the moon viewed from the earth?
It doesn't
Why Does The Moon Approximately Look Like The Same Size as the earth from the earth?
The Moon appears a lot smaller (which it is) when viewed from the Earth.
Does the gibbous moon look the same from all positions on Earth?
Yes. Everyone on earth for whom the moon is visible sees the same phase at the same time.
Why does the sun and the moon look the same size on earth?
Though the sun is bigger the moon is closer to earth creating the illusion that they are the same size. Hope this helped.
Why does the moon and sun look the same size from earth?
Though the sun is bigger the moon is closer to earth creating the illusion that they are the same size. Hope this helped.
How does earth's moon look like on the eleventh of January?
The same as usual
Why does the sun and moon look the same size to us on earth?
The sun is millions of times bigger than the moon, but the moon is many times closer to Earth.
Do phases of the moon look the same from every place on earth?
Yes,of course!
What does it look like when moon is on the same side of the earth as the sun?
it looks like an average day, except there is a moon.
Explain why does the moon not rise at the same time each night?
The Moon orbits the Earth. As a result, it rises about 50 minutes later every day.
If the Earth was flat what would the Earth look like from the moon?
The same because you only see one part of the Earth.Another answerConsidering that the moon is not geostationary, the Earth would look like a coin, though it would probably look somewhat like a sphere when the moon were directly above it.
Does the mooon look the same every week?
The moon is always a sphere but the moon does not look the same every week when observed from Earth. This is because we see sunlight hitting the moon at different angles as it orbits our planet.
