Be careful about your language, however. Strictly speaking, Phil’s first two statements are false. Mars is, in fact, much bigger than the Moon every hour of every day… it just doesn’t LOOK as big when we see it from the surface of the Earth. And neither of them are “in the sky” either – they’re in space, or rather the inner solar system.

Nitpicks for sure… but if people can be confused by the whole silly notion of Mars looking as big as the Earth, they can also be confused by a misplaced word or two.