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CONTENT - The farther our Sun, the smaller its apparent diameter!
 

CAUTION! OBSERVING THE SUN IS DANGEROUS AND REQUIRES DEDICATED SAFE TECHNIQUES!

The Sun is our star, 93,000 miles (150 million km) from us, and dazzling. The Sun, as seen from the Earth, however, is just ½° in apparent diameter. Just try one day to hide the Sun with you little finger at arm's length, and you will see that you just actually screen the Sun! The nearer or the farther the Sun, in our solar system and its apparent diameter will vary -in more, or in less! The following diagram is just showing how the Sun is looking as seen from the various planets of the solar system!

The following table is showing how Sun is looking from the 9 planets of the solar system. Values of the apparent diameter may subject to variation according to source. Those are mean ones as the image is some larger than the Sun would look like as viewed naked-eye

The Sun as seen from Mercury, with a apparent diameter of 1 degree 22 minute 40 secondMercury1 degree 22 minute 40 second
The Sun as seen from Venus, with a apparent diameter of 44 minute and 15 secondVenus44' 15"
The Sun as seen from the Earth, with a apparent diameter of 32 minutethe Earth32'
The Sun as seen from Mars, with a apparent diameter of 21 minuteMars21'
The Sun as seen from Jupiter, with a apparent diameter of 6 minute and 9 secondJupiter6' 9"
The Sun as seen from Saturn, with a apparent diameter of 3 minute and 22 secondSaturn3' 22"
The Sun as seen from Uranus, with a apparent diameter of 1 minute and 41 secondUranus1' 41"
The Sun as seen from Neptune, with a apparent diameter of 1 minute and 4 secondNeptune1' 4"
The Sun as seen from Pluto, with a apparent diameter of 50 secondPluto50"
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