In Hollywood movies, the full moon is always depicted as being absolutely huge: taking up a massive proportion of the screen, looking big enough to touch, and you are able to see clearly individual craters on it.
Is the moon really that big in the northern hemisphere, or is this a film studio convention?
If it is that big, why does it look so big and close in the northern hemisphere?
2006-08-08 18:03:19 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
The thing is, when you see a movie, do you think "Gee that moon looks ridiculously big" or does it pretty much look like what's in the sky in real life?
2006-08-08 19:46:21 · update #1
The Moon looks the same size from everywhere on Earth, and it is actually quite small. You can cover it with your little finger held out at arm's length, if you close one eye. They make it look big in movies because it looks good. You cannot depend on accuracy in movies!
2006-08-09 04:10:55 · answer #1 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, it's not actually that big in the northern hemisphere (I live in the northern united states). I'm pretty sure that it's the same size as it is in the southern hemisphere.
I'm not exactly sure why hollywood movies exagerate the size; it's probably for dramatic effect, or because it just looks better. Hollywood makes stuff up a lot for those reasons.
2006-08-09 01:08:45 · answer #2 · answered by extton 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
moon is basically same distance from the earth. i mean the difference from the distance from northern or southern hemisphere does not affect the size of the moon. i was in Arkansas and now i am in New York. Moon looks same size to me.
Don't bother about Hollywood, it has got reputation of making small things big and vice verca including less important things seem important. i guess you know where i am going.
Again moon looks same in terms of size from any part of the world even if it differs we cannot recognize it.
2006-08-09 01:16:29 · answer #3 · answered by buddy2smartass 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Something in the far distance can be made to look very big by shooting it through a telescopic lens. You'll often see pictures of mountains that look huge compared to city buildings (much more than in real life) ... that's done the same way.
It's usually a very beautiful effect ... too bad our eyes can't do that.
2006-08-09 06:06:49 · answer #4 · answered by Luis 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
im in d northern hemisphere..n i hav never seen a massive moon n ma life
2006-08-09 13:33:16 · answer #5 · answered by pri 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm in Texas & it's never oversized here.
But, on clear nights, you can see many of the craters & such.
2006-08-09 01:08:23 · answer #6 · answered by mnm75932 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They zoom on it :)
2006-08-09 05:06:18 · answer #7 · answered by R G 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋