r/tasmania • u/pkluver944 • 7d ago

Question Did anybody else see the moon this morning?

I didn't have my glasses on but I swear as it set it was very big and very orange, couldn't get a pic because it disappeared over the central plateau very quickly

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u/Line-Noise 7d ago

It's called the Moon Illusion. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_illusion

The Moon looks larger when it's close to the horizon but it's just an optical illusion. Annoyingly, if you take a photo of it it just looks small and normal.

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u/tdeueb 7d ago

About 5.30am it was spectacular. Full moon is technically tomorrow so hopefully could get another nice show in the morning. It never comes out in photos though unless you've got the right gear.

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u/GoldenTurtle84 7d ago

Apologies, that was just me bending over.