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Originally Posted by yorkiefan_  Obviously the moon doesn't grow, but I always thought it was an atmospheric effect distorting the image of it so that the image really was larger when it had to go through more air. Sort of like the real effect where light gets redder going through more air. I was shocked to find out that huge moon is all in our heads. |
No, that wasn't my understanding of what was happening myself. I'd just always thought it was human perception in relation to earthly objects, probably because we were taught that in science class as kids. And as a curious kid, I did my own measuring to prove the size was uniform from early evening to later one summer night.