You turn toward the east, seeing the full moon rising. You find that half of your finger tip at arm's legth also covers the diameter of the Moon ! Given that the diameter of the Moon is about 2160 approx how far from Earth is the Moon in miles and km according to your calculations ? Given that the Diameter of Earth is about 7200 miles and about 115 Earths fit across t

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You turn toward the east, seeing the full moon rising. You find that half of your finger tip at arm's legth also covers the diameter of the Moon ! Given that the diameter of the Moon is about 2160 approx how far from Earth is the Moon in miles and km according to your calculations ?

Given that the Diameter of Earth is about 7200 miles and about 115 Earths fit across the sun.

l = .5 finger width x = Arm length g = eye level height d = object distace A = angle from eye level to top of the object f = object height from eye level h = diameter of the sun
.0127 m  .7112 m 0 1.5 x 10^11 m 1.023 degrees 2.673 x 10^6 2.673 x 10^9 m
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