They look the same visual size of the difference in the distances from Earth because the Moon is far an average of 340,000 kilometers, the Sun is 150'000,000 kilometers. Coinciding in apparent size, give us, in moments of conjunction, total solar eclipses, where the moon crosses in front of him at a certain time, left only exposed the "Solar Corona".
For solar image I used a Coronado telescope and the moon with a Takahashi telescope.
As a child, not only they seemed to me at the same distance, but also both celestial bodies had its own light. Thoughts child. When I asked I was surprised by the responses of my parents.
