Let us say that at their **closest approach**, Venus is about **38 million kilometers** from the Earth. Venus has a diameter of about **12,104 km**. On the same evening let's say our Moon is about **384,400 km** away and has diameter of about **3,478 km** **If we suddenly swapped the position of the Moon and Venus, roughly how many times larger would Venus appear compared to the Moon?** Here is a picture of Venus and the Moon *before the swap occurs:*  [[☃ input-number 1]]