i have learnt that the moon looks big when it is near or at the horizon and small when it is at zenith(just above our head). Actually the moon is looking equall in both cases. (you can check by capturing photographs and mesuring their size in both case). But when it is in horizon we think it is further away and since it is looking as big as when it was near to us, we think it is bigger.
2006-08-14 22:37:59
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answered by Rah-the genius 2
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i think its high time we answer some of this question logically that just for fun of it. Moons that occur close to the summer solstice are special because they follow the lowest path across the sky of all of the year's full Moonsand thus they are viewed as it were above the Horizon. it doesn't appaer large always but The Moon is same distance away always, it shines with the same brightness, and it subtends the same angular diameter (1/2 degree). Logically, there should be no difference, but most
2006-08-15 06:17:35
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answered by pharmayo 1
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Its actually due to the orbital path and cycles of the moon elipsing because its actually closer to the earth then retrogrades appearing smaller.
However, CNN reported yesterday that NASA has lost the original tapes from Apollo mission to the moon which contained over 7,000 transmissions. NASA writes the displacement off for now as something they have retained in duplicate sources and they'll find the original tapes. Recent speculation is that NASA does not want probing scientists who are requesting the tapes for additional review to confirm or deny questionable concern for suppressed evidence and findings from the mission
2006-08-15 05:42:34
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answered by JFAD 5
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Its just an optical illusion. If you measure the moon up to something (say a finger nail or other small object) when it looks smaller and then compared the same object to the moon when it appears larger, you would find that the size has not changed at all.
2006-08-15 05:33:20
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answered by stef 3
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The moon looks so big at times because of earths rotation and its revolution around sun.....
also the moon is revolving around the earth sometimes when it comes closest to the earth it looks quite big....
2006-08-15 05:42:21
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answered by Genius__me!!!!!!!! 2
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it is directly related to the distance between earth and the moon.
2006-08-15 05:33:30
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answered by Shapiro 1
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It's an illusion, it looks bigger when it's near to the horizon as there is something to compare it with.
2006-08-15 05:44:54
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answered by John A 3
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Its the different positions during the phases. i know exactly what they mean when its really close and red.
2006-08-15 05:36:50
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answered by thephilosopher76 1
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the earth, besides rotating itself, it rotates at the orbit
2006-08-15 05:36:39
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answered by yukki_b 2
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Things looks bigger when you look straight ahead then up.
It's our mind playing tricks on us...
2006-08-15 05:32:37
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answered by gelrad 2
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