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      = 2024 Sep 19 Thu       JD Number = 2460573
Time      = 10:12:49 UT

Delta T   = +00:01:14
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JD TT     = 2460572.92642361 = Working Julian Date TT

MOON:
Ecl Lon   = 15.69443°
Ecl Lat   = +0.83709°
Distance  = 358,017 km = 222,461 mi
Radius    = 1738.05 km
Ang Diam  = 0.55631448°
Phase Ang = 198.729°

SUN:
Ecl Lon   = 176.96584°
Ecl Lat   = +0.00007°
Distance  = 1.004434703 AU  =  150,261,293 km  =  93,368,039 mi
Radius    = 696,000 km
Ang Diam  = 0.53078214°

The lunar disk is larger than the solar disk with an
angular diameter difference of 01' 31.9" = 0.025532°