This isn’t “I want to believe”, this is “it would be irresponsible to not consider”.

  • 0 Posts
  • 4 Comments
Joined 1 year ago
cake
Cake day: September 3rd, 2023

help-circle
  • Because of refraction in the Earth’s atmosphere, we can see more than 180 degrees of the ecliptic.

    So, a full moon rises just before the sun finishes setting. The moon in this image isn’t low enough to be plausibly rising. Maybe we’re looking East and in the West the sun is just setting… except then the sky wouldn’t be as blue and the shadows would be more pronounced, and the moon is several moon widths above the horizon. Moon’s width is 0.5 degrees and the refraction effect at its maximum is about a degree in ideal conditions.