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Originally Posted by gacook
According to Google...
The moon looks bigger sometimes due to the moon illusion, which is a psychological effect where the moon appears larger when near the horizon compared to when it's high in the sky. This illusion happens because our brain compares the moon to familiar objects like trees or buildings on the horizon, making it seem enormous by contrast. When the moon is higher up, there are no reference points, so it appears smaller.
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Refraction has nothing to do with it?