Guys! Look outside! The moon is Extra Large tonight! (lemmy.world)

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[-] munkkey 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I noticed it few days ago when the sky was clearer. Edit: oh just found out moonrise today was 10:05pm, so if your eastern horizon is clear, you'll see it. 🌝

The next full moon is similarly large, and since it's the second full moon in one calendar month, some people call it a "blue moon". Infographic here.

[-] marche_ck@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Oh didn't realise we are in supermoon period! And that blue moon at the end of this month thing is still screwing my brain rn.

The late moonrise definitely is a blessing. It looks so freaking huge when it's still low in the sky! Now that it's already high it's just meh

[-] Annoyed_Crabby 1 points 2 years ago

It's cloudy 🥲

[-] ruk_n_rul -1 points 2 years ago

Common KV L.

[-] Annoyed_Crabby 2 points 2 years ago

Melaka :x

[-] ruk_n_rul -1 points 2 years ago

well, it's not much different there i guess.

[-] ruk_n_rul -1 points 2 years ago

Realistically the largest and smallest the moon can get is just 16% difference, and with the Moon averaging at 1/2 arc-degrees in the sky such variation is simply imperceivable to the naked eye.

[-] marche_ck@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Probably its the late moonrise. When it is still near the horizon, with silhouette of building around it, it looks freakishly huge! But once it is high in the sky, it really just meh.

[-] truckdrifter2 1 points 2 years ago

Yeah, but perspective matters. It looks big with that +16% and being low on the horizon

[-] ruk_n_rul 0 points 2 years ago

that's all in your head. it's been a paradox as old as time.

interesting read on this: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/moon-illusion-explained-horizon-size-supermoon-space-science

[-] truckdrifter2 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Damn my caveman eyeballs! Cool explanation though, thanks!

Perspective can be a flawed lens

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