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Originally Posted by pammosley  Hi Nytecam, I did notice the sky Tues night it was lovely. I always wondered what made the moon appear alot bigger sometimes. |
The moon doesn't orbit earth in a perfect circle but an ellipse so sometime during the month is nearer to earth [called perigee] and about a fortnight later further way [called apogee] - its perigee passage this month coincides with full moon
The moon's half-degree size is reasonably constant but there is a second effect eg the rising/setting moon close to the horizon when the moon appears larger against distant trees /buildings which appear small by comparison. It is repuded [but I'm not testing it] that if you view the moon between your legs whilst standing the moon appear 'normal' whilst you obviously don't - but post your pics here