How many times farther away is the sun from Earth than the moon?
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At this particular moment in Earth's history – although the sun's diameter is about 400 times larger than that of the moon – the sun is also about 400 times farther away. So the sun and moon appear nearly the same size as seen from Earth.
The Earth is, on average, around 149,600,000 km from the Sun. This is also one astronomical unit, “au”. One au is defined as the mean distance between the Earth and the Sun. I say that the Earth is 149,600,000 km from the Sun and not the other way around, as the Sun is at the center of the solar system and the Earth orbits the Sun.
The Moon orbits the Earth at a distance of, on average, 384,000 km. It varies a bit. It could be as low as 360,000 km and as much as 406,000 km, as the Moon’s orbit is elliptic and influenced by the Sun.
Here’s a fun fact: if you divide the Sun-Earth distance with the Earth-Moon distance, you get around 389. It could be a little more or a little less, so 389 is an average number. If you divide the Sun’s diameter with the Moon’s diameter, you get 387.
Note how close those two numbers are? That’s how you get a solar eclipse: although the Sun is 389 times bigger than the Moon, it is also 387 times farther away. So if the Moon should line up with the Sun, the Moon will almost perfectly cover the sun.
Answer:
On an average, the Sun is about 390 times farther away from the Earth than the moon.
Explanation:
The average distance between the Earth and the Moon is about 384,400 Km.
While the average distance between the Earth and the Sun is about 149,600,000 Km.
149600000
384400
= 389.1779396462019 Kilometres.
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