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Originally posted by tauristercus
What the heck is wrong with you people ?
Have you all lost the capacity and capability to do even the simplest and most basic research to answer your own questions ?
The following information that clearly explains observed changes in the moon's apparent size when viewed at different times took me less than 2 minutes to find using a simple Google search.
This apparent difference in size is clearly obvious in the following image.
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The orbit of the Moon is distinctly elliptical with the nearest and farthest points in the orbit called the perigee and apogee respectively. The resultant non-circular form of the lunar orbit causes variations in the Moon's angular speed and APPARENT SIZE as it moves towards and away from an observer on Earth.
Perigee Apogee
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Jan 2 20:20 404579 km F-6d11h
Jan 17 21:29 369882 km N-5d10h Jan 30 17:43 404324 km N+7d10h
Feb 11 18:33 367919 km F+3d20h Feb 27 14:03 404862 km N+5d15h
Mar 10 10:03 362399 km F+2d 0h Mar 26 6:05 405779 km N+3d15h
Apr 7 17:00 358313 km F+ 21h Apr 22 13:50 406420 km - N+1d 6h
May 6 3:34 356953 km ++ F- 0h May 19 16:14 406450 km -- N-1d 7h
Jun 3 13:21 358482 km F- 21h Jun 16 1:25 405790 km N-3d13h
Jul 1 18:02 362361 km F-2d 0h Jul 13 16:48 404782 km N-5d11h
Jul 29 8:31 367317 km F-3d18h Aug 10 10:53 404124 km N-7d 5h
Aug 23 19:40 369730 km N+6d 3h Sep 7 6:01 404295 km F+6d16h
Sep 19 2:53 365748 km N+3d 0h Oct 5 0:44 405161 km F+4d21h
Oct 17 1:03 360672 km N+1d13h Nov 1 15:31 406049 km + F+2d19h
Nov 14 10:23 357360 km - N+ 12h Nov 28 19:36 406364 km + F+ 4h
Dec 12 23:15 357073 km - N- 9h Dec 25 21:21 406099 km + F-2d13h
Originally posted by CriminalTarget
@OP I sometimes wonder that and how on eart it actually keeps repelling around instead of floating off to space.