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Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly  I read that the October 8th lunar eclipse will be in a lower western orbit, slightly larger and possibly more spectacular than this one and you should have a front-row seat if you live in SF, San Jose and Oakland areas of Cali. And then two more after that, April 4, 2015 and the last on Sept. 27, 2015, to complete this blood moon lunar tetrad. |
What's funny is that theimage of the moon is no bigger when it's low on the horizon vs when it's high. I know it's really hard to believe that since the moon looks enormous just as it's rising or setting, but it's nothing to do with the atmosphere expanding the image so it looks big. It's purely in our heads; our brains interpret things low on the horizon as being bigger since we have building, mountains, signs, etc to compare the moon against when looking at it low on the horizon. If you measure the angle subtended by the full moon, say using your fingers with your arm fully oitstretched, you'll get the same measurement when the full moon is low as when it is high!