# The Moon illusion

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moon-illusion/275257>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [November 17, 2004, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moon-illusion/275257 "2004-11-17T14:21:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![rwjefferson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a6a055/32.png) [@rwjefferson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rwjefferson)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moon-illusion/275257/41 "2005-06-21T15:55:00Z")

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[Here](http://www.rednova.com/news/space/157034/the_summer_moon_plays_tricks_this_week/index.html) is an interesting update.

rwj

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**Author:** ![Suburban\_Rythm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Suburban\_Rythm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Rythm)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moon-illusion/275257/42 "2005-06-21T18:53:13Z")

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I don’t understand why your evidence makes Cecil wrong. He says that the visual cues and/or sky make the moon seem larger, and nothing else - no distortion of light or anything. How is he wrong?

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