2007-02-10 01:56:27 · 4 answers · asked by Bev B 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Because you looking at it from a different angle. From North pole to South Pole, there is about a 2º viewing angle difference
2007-02-10 02:02:26 · answer #1 · answered by arbiter007 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As others have said there is an angular difference between the northern hemisphere and the southern, but what has not been mentioned is that the moon flips upside down from north to south. You may need a globe to convince yourself of that fact but it is true. When folk from South Africa, or Australia go to the Northern hemisphere the moon seems to them to have turned upside down.
Again, grab a globe and you will see why.
HTH
Charles
2007-02-10 11:10:03 · answer #2 · answered by Charles 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
personally...i cant say that ive experienced this.. but possibly its because of the angle at which you see the moon.. the moon as seen from your house would lok different if you viewed it from a great distance away from your house... like i live in ohio.. if i went to florida, i would be seeing the moon from a different angle ....think of it like a triangle... with the three points being ohio, florida, and the moon.. the angle would be different.. thats the only logical explanation i could think of
2007-02-10 10:04:06 · answer #3 · answered by lil miss agony 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Charles is correct. The moon appears at different angles from different longitudes. In the NH the moon waxes from right to left. In the SH it waxes from left to right
2007-02-10 11:42:12 · answer #4 · answered by lampoilman 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋