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Moon's angular size

Author:      loretta l lamb
How many angular degrees is the Moon?

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Author:      hawley
I can only imagine that you are asking about the Moon's apparent angular
diameter as seen from the Earth:  the mean value is 0.5182 deg; "mean"
because the angular diameter depends on the distance which varies from
356400 to 406700 km.

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