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01-21-2011, 02:37 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by gongoozler
The moon is the same size and does not change (thank God). . . the lower it is to the horizon the larger it appears because you have buildings and trees to reference the size to. The apogee and perigee of the moon's orbit are 50,000 km apart, this is a variation of about 10% around the mean value of it's orbit. So when the moon is closest to the Earth and low in the sky it will appear larger. Now if it was your neighbor giving you the moon, the size may vary!
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gonggoozler:
A funny genius. 
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