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Originally Posted by Noah930
It's been explained to me that the apparent change in size of the moon is due to perspective/frame of reference. Close to the horizon, there are familiar objects (i.e. trees, buildings, mountains) to give us a perspective of the size of the moon. But when the moon is up in the sky overhead, there's no frame of reference. On our retinas, the image is the same size. But in our minds, it appears larger on the horizon. Despite "knowing" this, I still have a hard time tricking my mind into thinking it's the same size in both instances.
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Long long ago when I was dating I was explaining that to a girlfriend at the time. She got mad at me because it was not just a romantic moon.
Of course she was convinced moonlight was way different than sunlight. I tried to explain that moonlight is just reflected sunlight but that just made her madder. I finally decided it was best to shut up if I was to have a chance to achieve my goal that night. I was starting to understand a few very basic things about the female mind. It would likely be terrifying to really understand the female brain.