Does the moon look bigger in Canada(near pole) than from India (near equator)?

Question

what might be the factors that affect the moon size. Personally I do believe that it does look somewhat bigger in Canada, don't know why. If you know, please give a link or source.

Answer 1

The only thing that effects the moon size is where it is in relation to the horizon. Being lower on the horizon effects the moon's image and makes it appear to be larger. Other than that, the moon looks exactly the same size from every spot on the globe.

And it orbits near the equator. Even if it were to orbit over Canada, we're talking inches closer on that size scale. In other words, the difference between 500,000 miles and, say, 499,900 miles visually, is absolutely nothing.

Answer 2

The Moon (being pretty well near the equator) can get closer to India than to the polar regions of Canada. The difference is not a lot, but if this were the cause of the perceived size of the Moon, then the Moon should appear ever so slightly smaller from the polar regions of Canada than it does from India.

The perceived size of the Moon has a lot more to do with how the human eyes work.

Answer 3

adding to previous answer, the moon, as the sun, look biggest, just appearing at the horizon and the get smaller going up to straight overhead.
That is, because the light is diffused by more atmosphere, as lower the sun or moon is. Then we have clarity. The best view would be on a dry night from the top of Mount Everest, because there wouldn't be much particles in the way.

Answer 4

The moon's orbital plane varies by only about 5 degrees with that of the eccliptic, meaning that it's almost in line with the equator. So, when the moon is directly overhead in India, it's *closer* than when the moon is directly overhead in Canada.

Oh, and you want a source... try this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbit_of_the_Moon

Answer 5

i desire to show out that optics can replace the relative obvious length of the moon-- evaluate that each and all and sundry human beings have incredibly the comparable focul length to their eyes... approximately 17mm. All human beings see the moon, with the bare eye, at truly the comparable zoom. once you image the moon, you have a variety of lenses you need to use to regulate the sector of view or zoom of the image. The longer the focal length of the lens, the more desirable the zoom, and the extra compressed attitude turns into. The moon, photographed against a foreground merchandise for scale, will seem smaller at shorter focal lengths than at longer focal lengths. in short, you additionally could make the moon look extra suitable interior the sky by skill of zooming in on it and putting a far off (yet interior reach) merchandise interior the foreground. the attitude would be compressed, and the moon will look extra suitable interior the ensuing image.