The sun, the moon…and a coincidence

The Sun, The Moon, and a Coincidence  

By Shlomo Maital    

   How’s this for a coincidence?

    The sun is 400 times larger than the moon (in terms of the size of the sun’s and moon’s circles).

     The sun is nearly exactly 400 times farther away from Earth than the moon.  Moon: 238,855 miles,   sun  93,000,000 miles.  

      Because of this ‘400’ coincidence:   The moon almost perfectly blots out the sun during an eclipse.    400 times bigger but 400 times farther away.

        Coincidence?