It still amazes me how many do not realize how far away the Earth's (largest*) Moon actually is from the Earth. I blame this on the retarded, not-to-scale representations of the solar system in entertainment and in education that always show the Moon orbiting very closely to the Earth. Things passing closer to the Earth than the Moon really isn't that big a deal considering the massive distance that entails. Stuff passes between us all the time. From the Earth to the Moon is 252,088 miles (405,696 km). The largest planet in our solar system, Jupiter, has a diameter of 83,082 miles (133,708 km). That means the Moon is so far away from the Earth that just over 3 entire Jupiters can fit between us (249,246 miles, leaving 2,842 miles left over, almost a Mercury). Or how about: 1x Jupiter (83,082 miles) 2x Saturn (36,184 miles each) 1x Neptune (34,503 miles) 2x Uranus (15,792 miles each) 2x Venus (7,521 miles each) 2x Mars (4,217 miles each) 2x Mercury (3,030 miles each) Which totals 251,073 miles, leaving a 1,015 mile gap remaining. Or just fill the space with 31x Earths (7,926 miles each), that's how far away the Moon is. And that would still leave 6,382 miles of unfilled space remaining, enough for 2 of Mercury to fit with 322 miles of space left unfilled.