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Tonight's Moon


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6 hours ago, ZEUS121996 said:

Last month, the moon was HUGE compared to this morning. Nice pic!

 

Mark

 

The Moon has not been this close since 1948. I suspect that the moon you saw last month was rising and close to the earth's horizon when you saw this. It is essentially an optical illusion. Last night's Moon is 20,000 miles closer to the earth than the average distance. This makes the moon appear to be ~15% larger.

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19 hours ago, BigStewMan said:

what kind of camera do you use Dave?

True, I think my wife still talks with him a little on facebook. Funny guy, he scared my wife once, he posted that computer link where you stare looking for a ghost and a face pops up and screams, she flew off the chair in a panic and I couldn't stop laughing. 

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