It is true that as seen fro the earth the sun and the moon have roughly the same angular diameter. It is for that reason that total solar eclipses are so spectacular.
The angular diameter of the sun is about 31 to 32 arcminutes, which is roughly the same as the full moon.
The angular diameter of the Sun is about 0.5 degrees when viewed from Earth. This means that the Sun's apparent size in the sky is about the same as the width of your pinky finger held at arm's length.
No, the angular size of the moon is not always big enough to cover up the sun during an eclipse. A total solar eclipse occurs when the moon is at the right distance from the Earth to appear to be the same size as the sun, thus fully covering it.
The Sun has about 400 times the diameter of the Moon.The Sun has about 400 times the diameter of the Moon.The Sun has about 400 times the diameter of the Moon.The Sun has about 400 times the diameter of the Moon.
The diameter of the Moon is 0.273 times the diameter of the Earth.The diameter of the Sun is 109 times the diameter of the Earth. So:109/0.273=399.27The diameter of the Moon is almost 400 times smaller than the diameter of the Sun.Pwnt, idk u tell me?
The angular diameter of the sun is about 31 to 32 arcminutes, which is roughly the same as the full moon.
The Sun is about 416 times larger than the Moon. You could place about 71,991,296 Moons inside the Sun. The Sun has a diameter of 1.392×106 km The Moon has a diameter of 3,474.2 km
The angular diameter of the Sun is approximately 0.53 degrees, and the angular diameter of the Moon varies depending on its distance from Earth but ranges from about 29 to 34 arcminutes.
The angular diameter of the Sun is about 0.5 degrees when viewed from Earth. This means that the Sun's apparent size in the sky is about the same as the width of your pinky finger held at arm's length.
* For a solar eclipse, there is no specific requirement about the angular sizes.* For a TOTAL solar eclipse, the angular diameter of the Moon must be larger than that of the Sun.
for the next hundred millenia, they are the same angular diameter, and this is the reason why we have total solar eclipses. in the distant future however, this won't be the case because the moon will get further apart from the earth and become smaller in angular diameter.
the diameter of the sun is about 400 times that of the moon, and it out-masses the moon by about 27 million times, they are both approximately the same apparent size in our sky.
Because the sun is thousands of times as far away and just as many times bigger. This is simple geometry. As to why they have this relationship so that they appear to have the same diameter - it is just chance.
No, the angular size of the moon is not always big enough to cover up the sun during an eclipse. A total solar eclipse occurs when the moon is at the right distance from the Earth to appear to be the same size as the sun, thus fully covering it.
In terms of diameter, the Sun is 400 times the Moon's diameter. It is also 400 times as far away and this means that the disk of the moon and the sun appear the same size when viewed from earth.
The Sun has about 400 times the diameter of the Moon.The Sun has about 400 times the diameter of the Moon.The Sun has about 400 times the diameter of the Moon.The Sun has about 400 times the diameter of the Moon.
Because at 240,000 miles, the diameter of the moon is virtually the same as the sun.