y is teh moon big som time?

Answer 1

you really don't know this answer???

where the hell did you go to school?

Answer 2

When the moon is viewed close to the horizon, the presence of reference points tricks our visual system into evaluating the moon as looking like it is larger than when seen straight overhead. If you develop a measuring device, like say a ruler held at arms length, and measure that large moon on the horizon, and then later in the night measure the diameter of the moon overhead, when it looks smaller, you will see that you get the same measure for the moon's diameter. The difference lies in measuring the moon against a few things on the horizon vs. measuring the moon against the vastness of the whole sky.

Answer 3

The moon appears bigger when it is closer to the horizon because you have something (trees, buildings, etc.) to give it some kind of scale. When it's in the middle of the sky, it's surrounded by nothing but black and some distant stars, which makes it look small.

Answer 4

It's perception. The moon is never actually any bigger or any closer to the Earth. Depending on where it is in the sky, the eye perceives it as either bigger or smaller. It's called the Moon Effect (more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_illusion)

Answer 5

It is how you preceive it. When the moon is in the sky, you have nothing to compare it too so it looks smaller. If you look at the moon closer to the horizon, you can compare to the land and thw moon is bigger than the land.

Answer 6

the size of the moon is constant! its just that it appears to be big!

depending on your distance with the moon, the moon can be both small and big

Answer 7

uh lemme guess that one....is it maybe because it gets closer to earth at some parts while it is orbiting
ha ha just kidding, perception is the key