Why The Sun And The Moon Live In The Sky

It's consensus that the very similar apparent sizes of the Moon and the Sun as seen from Earth is a coincidence (as already answered in this site). This provides us with almost exact total solar

astronomy - How big a coincidence is the Sun and Moon having almost ...

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3 The sun, moon, earth (and so on) all move around each other. The reason we say the earth moves around the sun is because the effects are more visible on a macro scale, and easier to predict with reasonable precision.

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15 If it is really between the earth and the sun it is called a "solar eclipse" and and the moon's shadow falls on the earth at certain places, because it is not large enough to cover the whole sun except on a shadow path. A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon completely covers the Sun's disk, as seen in this 1999 solar eclipse.

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Why can we see the moon when it is between the Earth and the Sun?

The Sun and Moon seem to have the same size because of this amazing coincidence: the moon is 400 times smaller than the Sun and 400 closer than the Sun. Checking 400 from this source:

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Moon vs Sun size and distance 400 times - Physics Stack Exchange

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I want to know how much lux the sun emits on a bright day - I don't mean when one stares directly at the sun, but rather when one walks casually outside when the sun is shinning brightly. Now the