2007-01-01 16:26:42 · 8 answers · asked by Barbara M 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
the same reason as the Sun. The ligth has to pass through much more atmosphere when closer to horizont.
Light with lower wavelenghts (like UV, blue ... ) are strongly attenuated by atmosphere, but the light with higher wavelenghts (like infrared, red, orange...) are less attenuated. This is why the spectrum is more to red.
The difraction of light entering the atmosphere from space at low angle makes the moon look bigger. Same thing as lens do.
2007-01-01 16:46:51 · answer #1 · answered by bily7001 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The main reason the moon looks larger just after rising is because there are things near it like buildings, trees, mountains, etc., that provide your mind with references against which to compare it. Also the thickness of our atmosphere at these lower line-of-sight angles is greater than when the moon is high in the sky and helps make it look larger. The deep yellow or even orangeish tint to the moon when low on the horizon is due strictly to the thickness of the atmosphere.
2007-01-01 16:58:42 · answer #2 · answered by Chug-a-Lug 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the moon looks yellow for the same reason why the sun looks red when it is rising. when the moon is near the horizon it's light has to pass through the thickest layer of atmosphere. all this polluted atmosphere scatters the light, thus causing the moon to look yellow
2007-01-01 16:44:20 · answer #3 · answered by Goanchu 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The color and size are different issues. The atmosphere affects the color of the moon, but it does NOT magnify it. The perception that the moon is larger when near the horizon is purely an optical illusion which is caused by the frame of reference provided by distant objects.
2007-01-01 18:21:07 · answer #4 · answered by Geoffrey F 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-01 10:21:42 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you see the moon as it comes up at the horizon, you're looking at it through layers and a whole lot of miles of atmosphere. Air that is full of pollution. And distortion because of all that atmosphere. When its higher, you're seeing it through less air... less distortion, and less pollution.
It looks bigger too...for the same reason. Distortion by the atmosphere.
2007-01-01 16:35:16 · answer #6 · answered by bakfanlin 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Because we are looking through more layers of the atmosphere when we look towards the horizon than when we look overhead.
2007-01-01 17:32:51 · answer #7 · answered by Dhiman B 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2007-01-01 16:42:15 · answer #8 · answered by denbobway 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋