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Article: Total Lunar Eclipse, 28th August 2007
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28-08-2007, 10:36 PM
jjjnettie
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Tragedies,
The latest issue of Sky and Telescope has an article that can answer your question.
The moon only "looks" large. Its an optical illusion.
You'll notice that it only happens when the moon is close to the horizon.
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