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 Mar 27 Fri       JD Number = 2461127
Time      = 08:45:17 UT

Delta T   = +00:01:15
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JD TT     = 2461126.86564815 = Working Julian Date TT

MOON:
Ecl Lon   = 116.89939°
Ecl Lat   = +3.49315°
Distance  = 375,233 km = 233,159 mi
Radius    = 1738.05 km
Ang Diam  = 0.53079032°
Phase Ang = 110.204°

SUN:
Ecl Lon   = 6.69515°
Ecl Lat   = +0.00009°
Distance  = 0.997784214 AU  =  149,266,394 km  =  92,749,837 mi
Radius    = 696,000 km
Ang Diam  = 0.53431996°

The solar disk is larger than the lunar disk with an
angular diameter difference of 00' 12.7" = 0.003530°