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Are the sun and the moon the same size?

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The Sun and the Moon are not the same size. The Sun is about 400 times larger in diameter than the Moon. However, due to their distances from Earth, they appear similar in size during a solar eclipse.

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  1. The Sun and the Moon are not the same size. The Sun has a diameter of approximately 1.39 million kilometers (about 864,000 miles), while the Moon’s diameter is about 3,474 kilometers (approximately 2,159 miles). This makes the Sun roughly 400 times larger than the Moon. Interestingly, during a solar eclipse, the Sun and the Moon appear nearly the same size from Earth due to the Sun being about 400 times farther away, creating a unique visual phenomenon.

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