Why are the sun and moon the same size in the sky?

Gen 1:14a
And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs

Ahhh c'mon now, that's 'old' thinking, we're in the New Age of 0bama, didn't you have your epiphany and vote for B'rack?

Good thing Alcee Hastings is introducing legislation for FEMA camps in case of an 'emergency' because you sound like a real troublemaker, you need to be reeducated! ;)

The article doesn’t answer the question “Why are the sun and moon the same size in the sky?”
Why don’t they just say that they don’t know!

Speaking of space, I found this interesting video on YouTube the other day showing the scaled sizes of different planets and suns. Makes me feel like the "Whos" in "Whosville".

Our Solar System - Size Of Planets and Stars to Scale

It has to be celestial affirmative action. The sun is forced to locate itself further from the Earth so that it will appear the same size, thus preventing the moon from developing an inferiority complex.

"The sun is about 400 times as wide as the moon, but it is also 400 times further away. The two therefore look the same size in the sky.."

I can do that math in my head ..... and I'm blond. ;)

LOL - love it.

From the moon the Earth looks eight times smaller b/c we are 800 times further away from the Sun than we are from other satellites as when objects in the rear view mirror appear closer than they are.

LOL

I wonder how many people even know what a clacker is?

Why do you drive on a parkway, but park on a driveway?

hey!

What’s the big Idea posting that without warning people to NOT LOOK DIRECTLY AT THE ECLIPSE!

It’s an excellent video, I think I first saw it on phys.org and the background music is great. Thanks for the reminder.

We will understand this when we figure out why Frosted Flakes have frosting, but pitted prunes DON’T have pits... and liberals aren’t about liberty.

a striking coincidence

"That's too coincidental to be a coincidence." - Yogi Berra

Sooooo....what's your perspective on

It's math:

It is one of the most interesting coincidence in the solar system that enables full Solar Eclipse.
The ratio of distance between the Sun and Earth, & Moon and Earth is almost exactly proportionate to the ratio of size of Sun to Moon.
In astronomy the sizes of objects in the sky are often given in terms of their angular diameter as seen from Earth, rather than their actual sizes.
The angular diameter of Earth's orbit around the Sun, from a distance of one parsec, is 2" (two arcseconds).
The angular diameter of the Sun, from a distance of one light-year, is 0.03", and that of the Earth 0.0003". The angular diameter 0.03" of the Sun given above is approximately the same as that of a person at a distance of the diameter of the Earth
This table shows the angular sizes of noteworthy celestial bodies as seen from the Earth:
Sun : 31.6' – 32.7'
Moon : 29.3′ – 34.1'
Venus : 10″ – 66″
Jupiter : 30″ – 49″
Saturn : 15″ – 20″
Mars : 4″ – 25″
Mercury : 5″ – 13″
Uranus : 3″ – 4″
Neptune : 2″
Ceres : 0.8″
Pluto : 0.1″
Eris : 40 mas

As can be seen the angular diameter of the Sun is about the same as that of the Moon (the diameter is 400 times as large and the distance also; the Sun is 200,000-500,000 times as bright as the full Moon (figures vary), corresponding to an angular diameter ratio of 450-700, so a celestial body with a diameter of 2.5-4" and the same brightness per unit solid angle would have the same brightness as the full Moon).
The angular diameter of an object as seen from a given position is the "visual diameter" of the object measured as an angle. In the vision sciences it is called the visual angle. The visual diameter is the diameter of the perspective projection of the object on a plane through its centre that is perpendicular to the viewing direction. Because of foreshortening, it may be quite different from the actual physical diameter for an object that is seen under an angle. For a disk-shaped object at a large distance, the visual and actual diameters are the same.

That’s cool.

I witnessed a total solar eclipse in 1979 here on our North American continent. About 2 to 3 minutes in totality. One of the most amazing experiences in my life. It was worth the trip.

“The heavens declare the glory of God.”