The Moon Illusion

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Jun 1986

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Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 27, NO.2/JUN, P.205, 1986

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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The Moon illusion, or celestial illusion, is the illusion that the Moon near the horizon is larger than the Moon near the zenith, usually by a factor of about 2 in the diameter. The illusion has been known for over 2,000 years, and many explanations have been advanced for it. Four modern theories are discussed in this paper, and new data are presented which tend to confirm the common 'flattened celestial vault' hypothesis.

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