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https://earthsky.org/tonight/moon-and-mars-on-january-11-13 ...
"Even when Mars made its closest pass to Earth since Stone Age times on August 27, 2003, the red planet’s angular diameter was only 1/74th the moon’s angular diameter."
The ancients observed there are 4 <i>primary lunar phases</i> of roughly 7 days (~7.4 days each) thus 4 weeks in a 'moonth'. Lunar year (354 days) + 7 day week + 4 days = solar year. The <i>7 Classical Planets</i>: Moon, Mercury, Venus, Sun, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn - 4 of these can't be easily seen during the day (Venus can be)/4 don't cast shadows on Earth (Venus can). Orion is 7 stars with 4 being his shoulders & feet + Orion's Belt. The BIG Dipper and Little Dipper are 7 stars with 4 in their bowls. Pleiades/7 Sisters is the 4th most common asterism. Mars returns to the same point in reference to the background stars, Sun, and Earth. We now know there are 7 planets besides Earth in this solar system and 4 are gas/ice giants. Venus is at .7 & Mercury .4 AU. Venus' orbit of 224.7 Earth days is 7.4 avg. Earth months (30.4 days). Etc. Google: <b>GOD=7_4 Theory</b>.