From: henry@spsystems.net   
      
   In article <11dn9ilfg3h7he4@corp.supernews.com>,   
   Ron Hubbard  wrote:   
   >I was looking at the moon tonight and it seemed unusually clear and big in   
   the sky   
   >tonight. Is it's orbit changing a bit?   
      
   No, but it was very close to full then (early last week), and the Moon   
   *is* a good deal brighter when full than it is in partial phases.  And if   
   you were seeing it low above the horizon, there is a well-known illusion   
   that makes it look bigger there than when it's high in the sky.   
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