Moon Horizon

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Why Does the Moon Look Larger at the Horizon? We Asked a NASA Scientist: Episode 50

Why does the Moon look larger on the horizon? The short answer is, we don’t know. We’ve been talking about this for 2,000 years. Aristotle mentions it. And in our own time, scientists are designing experiments to figure out exactly what’s going on. But there’s no consensus yet. Here’s what we do know. The atmosphere isn’t magnifying the Moon. If…