0 Question: Why does the moon look bigger on the horizon??? Is it an illusion??? Keywords: horizon, illusion, moon Asked by Elena Sahra to Monique, MariaMagdalena, Carsten, Bernard, Ashley on 18 Nov 2015.
Monique Henson answered on 18 Nov 2015:
I’d never noticed this before – so thanks for mentioning it! It turns out it’s an optical illusion called the moon illusion. It looks like we’re still not entirely sure what causes it, but there’s an interesting discussion here.
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