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The Sun is too large in size than the Moon, still both look apparently of same size (0.5 degrees) in sky. Explain.

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It is a nature.s coincidence that size of the Sun is 400 times more than the size of the Moon but also the Sun is 400 times far away from the Earth than the Moon. Due to this the visual angle of the Sun and the Moon are the same and they apparently look equal in size.
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