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Subject Biggest moon ive ever witnessed! 2 days ago(Nov 29)...

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It's a well known optical illusion that the moon looks bigger near the horizon.  It's been documented for centuries.

The fact that it apparently "disappeared" is because it set, which isn't surprising if it was near the horizon (and if you changed position it's possible your horizon had changed too).
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what you didn't get was the fact that the moon comes back the next night in a completely different place...

look at the threads from the october moon.

I even noticed this in october because I had been indoors with a sick relative for the past 5 weeks and got home about October 26th.

I watched the moon for several nights and it was irratic in it;s position in the sky.

Did you watch the vid?

Have you watched the moon set before?

The Moon in that vid set WAY to fast and it was completely because of the traffic/street light illusion....in fact, it would appear that the movement of the cars confirms it is not fast forwarded.

Orion is not in the correct place or orientation.

It has been my favorite constellation my whole life(almost 50) it is tilted, like on his back yet should be in a more standing position...leaning back a little....

yes, I understand summer and winter tilt of the earth, but his belt has always been mostly across the sky, not up and down as it is now.

big dipper as well cus you use that to find the north star...

Lord, I watch for you, my salvations draws nigh.
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Original Message Ok so my friend needed a ride to his work, so i had left at 9:30pm cst to go pick him up from his house. So once i pick him up, we're riding along just talking, and suddenly i looked up and seen this huuuuge crescent moon. sort of orangish in color. So I instantly say "Look at how BIG the moon is!" He looked up and thought the same. We both then immediately tried to shake it off because we had made it to his workplace. So I dropped him off(This was at 9:50pm), and was gonna take a pic of the big moon, but it vanished! It hadnt even been 3 mins since i had dropped him off! I drove for a while trying to find the moon but it was gone. And my friend usually takes a smoke break before he goes in, so he was looking for it too, and he said he couldnt find it either.

Is it normal for the moon to orbit this fast? and that close? Cus that was freaky!

Also the next night i tried to catch the moon at around the same time(9:50) but it was not nearly as close as it was.

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