Sunday, March 20, 2011

The moon tonight

Said to be the biggest moon in about two decades. Did it look bigger - Not actually. Was it brighter - Oh yes, definitely. NASA link

Lesson learnt from yesterday's experiment is that the sun/moon appear to be larger, when at the horizon (a supposed illusion). Today's moon definitely appeared much bigger and I guess it is seen in the difference in clarity.

3 comments:

Arun Srinivasan said...

the crater??? on photo taken at 20:33 have moved to right.. or is it the other way? anyway... moon seems to be rotating :-P

Srividya said...

It is the rotation. Even a few hours makes a huge difference.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbit_of_the_Moon#Lunar_standstill

V.i.s.h said...

You clicked these pics? Nicee..!

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