Moon/Sun Apparent Sizes

CURRENT MOON/SUN OVERLAY SIZE COMPARISON

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GEOCENTRIC MOON/SUN SIZE COMPARISONS FOR CURRENT DATE/TIME UT 
NASA/JPL DE405 EPHEMERIS MODEL

Date      = 2026 Feb 04 Wed       JD Number = 2461076
Time      = 01:08:51 UT

Delta T   = +00:01:15
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JD TT     = 2461075.54868056 = Working Julian Date TT

MOON:
Ecl Lon   = 162.29808°
Ecl Lat   = -0.29908°
Distance  = 381,007 km = 236,747 mi
Radius    = 1738.05 km
Ang Diam  = 0.52274733°
Phase Ang = 207.082°

SUN:
Ecl Lon   = 315.21601°
Ecl Lat   = -0.00000°
Distance  = 0.985737573 AU  =  147,464,242 km  =  91,630,032 mi
Radius    = 696,000 km
Ang Diam  = 0.54084990°

The solar disk is larger than the lunar disk with an
angular diameter difference of 01' 05.2" = 0.018103°