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It was incredible!
Steve, there is a chance that you've been staring at the wrong moon...
I remember watching that show. However, the sailor moon has nothing to do with my own namesake
I didn't think the moon was especially big either, but it was a nice bright moon and plenty enjoyable. Its very interesting to see the moon just on the horizon when its orange in color. Makes it spectacular (this would have been a past moon).
Thanks again to Julian, now whenever I say "moon", I have his gnarly picture in my head
Clouded over here about an hr.
before moonrise.:thumbdown:
It appeared bigger because of it's proximity. But that would be for near the horizon, or high in the sky. However, it was closest at at certain time (8:34PM PST here), and yes, the position near the horizon also was what made it appear larger.
It was 14% larger not because of it's being near the horizon, but because it was nearest Earth at that time. A Guy