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WayneK
WayneK Posts: 639
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In a lot of films the moon is a much larger than it is in the UK. Is this just poetic license or does the moon appear larger in some parts of the world?
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  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 44,955
    The moon is the same size that it's always been, Wayne.

    ;o)
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,623
    The moon is upside down on the other side of the equator.
  • Davo55
    Davo55 Posts: 7,836
    Depends where you're standing when you're looking up. On a hill, you're that bit closer, and therefore it looks bigger. Down a dip, the opposite.

    Used to watch "How" when I was a kid. That's how I know this shit.
  • cafcfan
    cafcfan Posts: 11,198
    There is every now and again a "Super Moon". So, if it is both a full moon and closer than average it will appear larger.

    I would upload a comparison picture but the site won't let me still.

    According to timeanddate.com - a great web site - the moon is presently 360,999 km from Chelmsford. On 28th Feb it will be 399,278 km away. Hope that helps.
  • letthegoodtimesroll
    letthegoodtimesroll Posts: 10,619
    I heard a bloke in the pub say he knows somebody that told him our view was downsized by the last labour government as it was only the middle classes that could reach for it...of course, whether that is true or not...
  • cafcfan
    cafcfan Posts: 11,198
    There is also the "Moon Illusion" which means that the moon looks larger when it is near the horizon.
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,851
    It used to be bigger but then Gru shrunk it and stole it and not sure went back to correct size when he gave it back.
  • cafcfan
    cafcfan Posts: 11,198
    The bastard's moved already, it's now 361,042 km away!
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,023
    The moon is moving away from us at about the same speed that a fingernail grows (coincidentally the same speed that we are drifting apart from America). Given that most films spend several months in post-production before they are seen by the public the moon will always appear bigger in the movies, because by the time the film is released the moon has got a bit smaller.
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,623
    cafcfan said:

    The bastard's moved already, it's now 361,042 km away!

    Heading over to Chelmsford this afternoon, how far away will it be then?
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  • cafcfan
    cafcfan Posts: 11,198
    guinnessaddick said:

    cafcfan said:

    The bastard's moved already, it's now 361,042 km away!

    Heading over to Chelmsford this afternoon, how far away will it be then?
    At 14:28hrs it will be 361,945 km. :smile: BTW in Chelmsford the solar noon today is actually at 12:12 hrs. So you might think it's the afternoon but it might not be!
  • JiMMy 85
    JiMMy 85 Posts: 10,193
    edited February 2015
    As mentioned above, it moves away three centimetres every year and once upon a time, it was so close that it would fly around Earth really fast, creating a giant lava wave that was way more impressive than the one in Interstellar!
  • Hartleypete
    Hartleypete Posts: 4,699
    The moon doesn't really exist it's all a conspiracy theory.
  • WSS
    WSS Posts: 25,070
    JiMMy 85 said:

    As mentioned above, it moves away three centimetres every year and once upon a time, it was so close that it would fly around Earth really fast, creating a giant lava wave that was way more impressive than the one in Interstellar!

    I was there to see that.

    And more amazingly, I was also at the 7-6 Huddersfield game.
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,318
    Dont care... I'm over the thing since last nights win
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,000
    Everyone's in a good mood today :smile:
  • TelMc32
    TelMc32 Posts: 9,050
    guinnessaddick said:

    cafcfan said:

    The bastard's moved already, it's now 361,042 km away!

    Heading over to Chelmsford this afternoon, how far away will it be then?
    How fast are you driving?
  • PL54
    PL54 Posts: 10,757
    cafcfan said:

    There is every now and again a "Super Moon". So, if it is both a full moon and closer than average it will appear larger.

    I would upload a comparison picture but the site won't let me still.

    According to timeanddate.com - a great web site - the moon is presently 360,999 km from Chelmsford. On 28th Feb it will be 399,278 km away. Hope that helps.

    we had a run of Super Moons at some point last year - very impressive phenomenon
  • tangoflash
    tangoflash Posts: 10,783
    As seen from my garden......

    image
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,623
    TelMc32 said:

    guinnessaddick said:

    cafcfan said:

    The bastard's moved already, it's now 361,042 km away!

    Heading over to Chelmsford this afternoon, how far away will it be then?
    How fast are you driving?
    I'm not, she is.
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  • cafcfan
    cafcfan Posts: 11,198
    March 20th we get a Supermoon, Equinox, Solar Eclipse combo.

    independent.co.uk/news/science/solar-eclipse-supermoon-spring-equinox-friday-will-see-three-rare-celestial-events-10111592.html
  • To_Be_Franck
    To_Be_Franck Posts: 1,095
    I hope RD doesn't see how amazing it is, will no doubt just ship it over to Belgium
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,348
    It is only a paper moon Sailing over a cardboard sea, But it wouldn't be make believe If you believed in me. It is only a canvas sky Hanging over a muslin tree, etc .. Nat King Cole
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,352
    WayneK said:

    In a lot of films the moon is a much larger than it is in the UK. Is this just poetic license or does the moon appear larger in some parts of the world?

    What do you expect from something made entirely of cheese?
  • CAFCsayer
    CAFCsayer Posts: 10,223
    Used to be bigger before Bailey's penalty took a chunk out of it.
  • ken_shabby
    ken_shabby Posts: 6,255
    Plus Gru shrank it!
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,952
    WayneK said:

    In a lot of films the moon is a much larger than it is in the UK. Is this just poetic license or does the moon appear larger in some parts of the world?

    'Apollo 13' was particularly guilty of this I thought.

    And 'Moon'.
  • JiMMy 85
    JiMMy 85 Posts: 10,193
    North Lower Neil said:

    WayneK said:

    In a lot of films the moon is a much larger than it is in the UK. Is this just poetic license or does the moon appear larger in some parts of the world?

    'Apollo 13' was particularly guilty of this I thought.

    And 'Moon'.
    All of Moon is on the moon
  • Absurdistan
    Absurdistan Posts: 8,024
    WayneK said:

    In a lot of films the moon is a much larger than it is in the UK. Is this just poetic license or does the moon appear larger in some parts of the world?

    Are you sure it isn't Uranus?
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,952
    JiMMy 85 said:

    North Lower Neil said:

    WayneK said:

    In a lot of films the moon is a much larger than it is in the UK. Is this just poetic license or does the moon appear larger in some parts of the world?

    'Apollo 13' was particularly guilty of this I thought.

    And 'Moon'.
    All of Moon is on the moon
    I know.

    Must have taken them ages to think of a title.

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