Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Atheist Memes@lemmy.world · 7 months agoA matter of perspective...lemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square88fedilinkarrow-up1857arrow-down115
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minus-squaresparkle@lemm.eelinkfedilinkCymraegarrow-up10·edit-27 months agoDepends a lot on the date/time, the moon’s size in the sky can shift a LOT based on a lot of factors to being a fraction of the sun’s size to being much larger than the sun (or I think supermoons look bigger than the sun, idk)
minus-squarechiliedogg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·7 months agoI got to see 2 eclipses this year, and they were very different due to the relative size of the moon appearing smaller in August than in April. FYI, annular eclipse WAY less-cool.
Depends a lot on the date/time, the moon’s size in the sky can shift a LOT based on a lot of factors to being a fraction of the sun’s size to being much larger than the sun (or I think supermoons look bigger than the sun, idk)
I got to see 2 eclipses this year, and they were very different due to the relative size of the moon appearing smaller in August than in April.
FYI, annular eclipse WAY less-cool.
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