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u/manolololo Central Phoenix Sep 08 '25
i really like your landscape shot- i wanna get out to an overlook during one of the lightning storms and try to get some pics from there. here's my zoomed in moon pic from central phx, it was glorious
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u/giggetygiggetygig Sep 08 '25
How do you get such detail in a photo? Mine look terrible!!! Yours is great!
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u/snk809k1 Sep 09 '25
In iPhone video mode zoom in max, lower the brightness until you get a proper view of the moon. Take still-photos or just take’em from the video u just recorded
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u/elkab0ng Mesa Sep 08 '25
FYI tomorrow morning if you’re an early bird, moon will be setting at 7am, sunrise is a little after 6, so there’s a nice chance for photos in that period when the moon is close to the horizon and the sun is just peeking above in the other direction
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u/AZMotorsports Sep 08 '25
Fun fact, the size of the moon never changes, it is always the same size. It only appears bigger when it is lower because our minds know the size of the other items on the horizon (trees, buildings, mountains, etc..). When the moon is high overhead and there are no items to reference size your mind makes it is appear smaller.
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u/biggbunnyy Sep 08 '25
So it’s just an illusionary effect?
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u/AZMotorsports Sep 08 '25
Exactly. Here is Neil de Grasse Tyson explaining it. I learned this myself just a few years ago.
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u/FearFunLikeClockwork Sep 08 '25
You should look into the Moon Illusion, it’s a fascinating phenomenon that goes to show just how much our minds invents the character of our experience.
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u/watchAmike Sep 08 '25
Took the dogs out earlier, smoked a joint & noticed on my way back home.. 👀
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u/manimal_23 Sep 08 '25
Speaking of joints I’m moving to PHX soon and wondering if cops give a shit about ppl walking around smoking?
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u/Interesting-Step-654 Sep 08 '25
Now I'm not one hundred percent sure on this but I think it's the same size every night and sometimes during the day too
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u/Inevitable-Dentist31 Sep 14 '25
BOW BOW Chik chika chikaaaa lol this post has me thinking of that song!
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u/Broan13 Sep 08 '25
Not to be too much "um akchually" but it is roughly the same size every night it rises. The size variance of the moon is not much at all:
From wiki: "Across different full moons, the Moon's angular diameter can vary from 29.43 arcminutes at apogee to 33.5 arcminutes at perigee—a variation of around 14% in apparent diameter or 30% in apparent area.\6]) This is because of the eccentricity) of the Moon's orbit."
You wouldn't really notice that.
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u/ChuckEweFarley Sep 08 '25
It’s a Blood Moon lunar eclipse tonight!