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 Jun 06 Sat       JD Number = 2461198
Time      = 19:28:18 UT

Delta T   = +00:01:15
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JD TT     = 2461198.31218750 = Working Julian Date TT

MOON:
Ecl Lon   = 327.27969°
Ecl Lat   = -0.49803°
Distance  = 393,946 km = 244,787 mi
Radius    = 1738.05 km
Ang Diam  = 0.50557730°
Phase Ang = 251.176°

SUN:
Ecl Lon   = 76.10333°
Ecl Lat   = -0.00001°
Distance  = 1.014738849 AU  =  151,802,771 km  =  94,325,869 mi
Radius    = 696,000 km
Ang Diam  = 0.52539228°

The solar disk is larger than the lunar disk with an
angular diameter difference of 01' 11.3" = 0.019815°