How did the Greeks calculate the distance from Earth to the Moon?

Subject: How did the Greeks calculate the distance from Earth to the Moon?

Date: Wed May 10 00:31:47 2000
Posted by Alejandro Ferretis
Grade level: grad (science) School: Private tutor
City: San Miguel Allende State/Province: Guanajuato Country: Mexico
Area of science: Science History
ID: 957933107.Sh

Message:

I read in a book like Sagan's Cosmos, that the Greeks had determined the distance from Earth to the Moon via geometry. I explained my students how they calculated Earth's diameter, but now I can't find the reference on how they managed to calculate the distance to the Moon.

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