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by p fox mullane
Wed Jul 13, 2005 11:52 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Analemma of the moon
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Analemma of the moon

Today's APOD shows the analemma of the moon. The thing that struck me was that the apparent size of the moon is the same on the horizon as it is high in the sky. Several APOD's in the past have mentioned the mystery of why the moon looks bigger on the horizon than in the sky. However, in this photo ...