2006-06-14 05:33:12 · 7 answers · asked by iwannaholiday 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
The full moon did appear very big this month, but that is because of its location relative to the horizon. The full moon was at its lowest zenith of the year. Yes, it's technically an optical illusion, but that technicality doesn't make the view any less impressive.
Just as the Sun passes over more Northern latitudes (at least up to the Tropic of Capricorn) in the summer and more Southern latitudes in the winter (to the Tropic of Cancer), the Moon also varies in its elevation. Except the Moon passes over more Southern latitudes in the summer and more Northern latitudes in the winter.
2006-06-14 06:18:56 · answer #1 · answered by Bob G 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, the Moon can APPEAR big to you when you look at it, but that is due to the tendency of people to perceive things on the horizon as bigger than they really are. And a photograph with a telephoto lens will show the Moon (and everything else) bigger. But if the picture is composed so that it does not include any foreground objects, then all the distant objects would appear the same as they would without a telephoto lens from a camera that is closer. That would give the appearance of a normal (non-telephoto) picture with a big Moon in it.
2006-06-14 07:32:33 · answer #2 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It *can*, if you put the actors a long, long way from the camera and use a telephoto lens.
But nobody actually does it that way for real, because the Moon moves so fast you'd only get one brief opportunity -- no retakes! So when you see a shot like that, you can bet that the Moon is added later, using digital effects.
2006-06-14 05:38:07 · answer #3 · answered by Keith P 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
Its size in the sky never changes, it just looks bigger when its near the horizon. This is an optical illusion.
To recreate it in film they either
1. use a high power lens and film from a long way away - this makes the moon take up more of the frame
2. cheat
2006-06-14 05:36:09 · answer #4 · answered by Epidavros 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sure can, at least here in the heart of Texas. In fact Sunday and Monday night it was twice the size it usually is. Beautiful...........and NOT on the horizon.
2006-06-14 05:40:06 · answer #5 · answered by Grandma Susie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the moon size never changes, but it appears to look bigger when it is on a horizon....
2006-06-14 05:39:36 · answer #6 · answered by polarbear 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes if ure on the equator and if its on the horizon just rising!
2006-06-14 08:58:54 · answer #7 · answered by Zeratul 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋