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submitted 8 months ago by LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone to c/science@lemmy.world

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[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

As always: Atmospheric lensing makes a much bigger difference in the appearance of the moon's size than its distance.

[–] humorlessrepost@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

And the optical illusion of it looking bigger near the horizon.