The Biggest Full Moon this 2009 (Tonight January 10, 2009)

[kryssy123]

tonight mn jud cguro ang full moon?!

[sam_maybe]

mao diay to ako nakit.an gabi.e... hehehe

[Emzs]

dili man dako gabie oe. nya ga xge sad ug taligsik dinhe sa amoa

[noliverh]

wla may moon diri sa amo gabii oi... small droplets of water raman ako mafeel nga gahinay-hinay ug tuslok sa akong kalimutaw...

[rodsky]

dako ang moon pero not what i have expected..hehe..and i think pareha raman kadak-a igka full moon pud..

Yes. A majority of people will not perceive the size difference, simply because the change is actually imperceptible, except if you're into amateur astronomy, and you have a basic idea of what the "regular" moon size looks like on your instrument, or have actually etched "size markers" on a filter etc. Heck, most people don't even know that the moon is ALWAYS visible every day (they just don't know what time to check for it, or don't know where to look, or dozing (i.e. if it's between 2am-7am).

Another thing most people don't realize is that the moon is actually very very small in the sky--the bigness is an illusion--do this test. Cover the moon with your little finger (yes the smallest finger on your hand). You will easily cover it, because your little finger subtends about 1 degree of sky. The moon only subtends 1/2 a degree! Now lookl at your little finger and see how small it is...you'd be surprised nga mas gamay pa intawon ang moon kaysa little finger nimo.

-RODION

[AntitaniC]

dili man kaau siya daku... pero unique siya... haha daku daku gamai..

[L1Technician]

Ma klaro bitaw gyud ang moon karon. Hayag kaayo ang langit ba.

[rodsky]

Ma klaro bitaw gyud ang moon karon. Hayag kaayo ang langit ba.

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Hayag man dyud ang langit pag full moon.

Again, to everyone out there who thinks they're looking at something majestic/wonderful. There is a psychological effect sa news about the "bigger" full moon, than most people think. Heck, you people can actually distinguish a 14% increase in size in an object subtending 0.5 degrees of about 120 degrees of visible sky? Wow, if ing ana, mas maayo pa inyong mga mata sa agila intawon.

Perhaps the biggest reason why it seems big to most of you is because during times when the moon is not at Perigee, you take it for granted. Simple as that. Nagkataon lang kasi na nasa news siya, and people are talking about it, hence you "believe" you're seeing a bigger moon. Yes, it's bigger, but you need the proper instruments to detect the change--my final point--if wala ni gibalita sa radio/newspaper, you people will not even check the moon! O, diba?

-RODION

[hybrid_ninja]

haha dako kay ang moon wa ko kita kay nag ulan..

[hybrid_ninja]

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Hayag man dyud ang langit pag full moon.

Again, to everyone out there who thinks they're looking at something majestic/wonderful. There is a psychological effect sa news about the "bigger" full moon, than most people think. Heck, you people can actually distinguish a 14% increase in size in an object subtending 0.5 degrees of about 120 degrees of visible sky? Wow, if ing ana, mas maayo pa inyong mga mata sa agila intawon.

Perhaps the biggest reason why it seems big to most of you is because during times when the moon is not at Perigee, you take it for granted. Simple as that. Nagkataon lang kasi na nasa news siya, and people are talking about it, hence you "believe" you're seeing a bigger moon. Yes, it's bigger, but you need the proper instruments to detect the change--my final point--if wala ni gibalita sa radio/newspaper, you people will not even check the moon! O, diba?

-RODION

maayoha nimo pri oi.. physicist ka pri? kay mga taga pisiks mn kasagaran ako nahibaw-an hilig ug ana gud..