In a lot of films the moon is a much larger than it is in the UK. Is this just poetic license or does the moon appear larger in some parts of the world?
There is every now and again a "Super Moon". So, if it is both a full moon and closer than average it will appear larger.
I would upload a comparison picture but the site won't let me still.
According to timeanddate.com - a great web site - the moon is presently 360,999 km from Chelmsford. On 28th Feb it will be 399,278 km away. Hope that helps.
I heard a bloke in the pub say he knows somebody that told him our view was downsized by the last labour government as it was only the middle classes that could reach for it...of course, whether that is true or not...
The moon is moving away from us at about the same speed that a fingernail grows (coincidentally the same speed that we are drifting apart from America). Given that most films spend several months in post-production before they are seen by the public the moon will always appear bigger in the movies, because by the time the film is released the moon has got a bit smaller.
The bastard's moved already, it's now 361,042 km away!
Heading over to Chelmsford this afternoon, how far away will it be then?
At 14:28hrs it will be 361,945 km. BTW in Chelmsford the solar noon today is actually at 12:12 hrs. So you might think it's the afternoon but it might not be!
As mentioned above, it moves away three centimetres every year and once upon a time, it was so close that it would fly around Earth really fast, creating a giant lava wave that was way more impressive than the one in Interstellar!
As mentioned above, it moves away three centimetres every year and once upon a time, it was so close that it would fly around Earth really fast, creating a giant lava wave that was way more impressive than the one in Interstellar!
I was there to see that.
And more amazingly, I was also at the 7-6 Huddersfield game.
There is every now and again a "Super Moon". So, if it is both a full moon and closer than average it will appear larger.
I would upload a comparison picture but the site won't let me still.
According to timeanddate.com - a great web site - the moon is presently 360,999 km from Chelmsford. On 28th Feb it will be 399,278 km away. Hope that helps.
we had a run of Super Moons at some point last year - very impressive phenomenon
It is only a paper moon Sailing over a cardboard sea, But it wouldn't be make believe If you believed in me. It is only a canvas sky Hanging over a muslin tree, etc .. Nat King Cole
In a lot of films the moon is a much larger than it is in the UK. Is this just poetic license or does the moon appear larger in some parts of the world?
What do you expect from something made entirely of cheese?
In a lot of films the moon is a much larger than it is in the UK. Is this just poetic license or does the moon appear larger in some parts of the world?
'Apollo 13' was particularly guilty of this I thought.
In a lot of films the moon is a much larger than it is in the UK. Is this just poetic license or does the moon appear larger in some parts of the world?
'Apollo 13' was particularly guilty of this I thought.
In a lot of films the moon is a much larger than it is in the UK. Is this just poetic license or does the moon appear larger in some parts of the world?
In a lot of films the moon is a much larger than it is in the UK. Is this just poetic license or does the moon appear larger in some parts of the world?
'Apollo 13' was particularly guilty of this I thought.
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Used to watch "How" when I was a kid. That's how I know this shit.
I would upload a comparison picture but the site won't let me still.
According to timeanddate.com - a great web site - the moon is presently 360,999 km from Chelmsford. On 28th Feb it will be 399,278 km away. Hope that helps.
And more amazingly, I was also at the 7-6 Huddersfield game.
independent.co.uk/news/science/solar-eclipse-supermoon-spring-equinox-friday-will-see-three-rare-celestial-events-10111592.html
And 'Moon'.
Must have taken them ages to think of a title.