Does the moons size change

Answer 1

Yes, the Moon does alter in size to an Earth based observer. This is a real effect caused by the fact that the Moon's orbit round the Earth is not a perfect circle but rather it is an ellipse. The elliptical orbit brings the Moon nearer to the Earth at Perihelion and takes it further away at Aphelion thus at Aphelion it is smaller to the eye than at Perihelion. The Moon also APPEARS to be bigger to the eye when it is close to the horizon this is called the Moon illusion. The link I will place below explains this.

Answer 2

While it is a fallocy that the moon appears larger at the horizon than at its zeinith, it is true that the moon orbits the earth in an eliptical orbit that brings it closest ( its perigee) and farthest (its apogee) from the earth. Thus, the moon will appear larger to the observer at the moon's perigee than it will at its apogee.

Answer 3

Because it changes it's position from the sun and it doesn't it a shadow...

cuz the distance between the earth and the moon change you morronic piece of poop. what you've just asked is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent question were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone reading this is now dumber for having listened to it. May God have mercy on your soul.

Haha, you're the retard my friend (aimed at the "answer" above)! The main reason why the moon appears to be changing in size is an illusion. The closer the moon gets to the horizon, the larger it seems. The reason is, that your eye now have something to compare with, like mountains, tress, skyline etc. It is true that the moons orbit around Earth is not a perfect circle, so the distance between the moon and Earth actually does change a bit.

Answer 4

The amount of sunlight on the Moon's surface is constant except during a solar eclipse. Just like the Earth, half of the Moon's surface is lit at any one time, as that is the amount presented to the Sun.

However, from the point of view of Earth the Moon exhibits 'phases', a periodic change in the brightness and apparent shape of the Moon. It is a misnomer to think that this changes the amount of light hitting the Moon. The new moon, the darkest phase, is simply what the moon looks like when all the light from the Sun falls on the side of the Moon facing away from Earth, preventing us from seeing it.

The amount of sunlight falling on the Moon can only be reduced by another body, such as the Earth, physically blocking the light from hitting the Moon.

Answer 5

Only during a lunar eclipse does the amount of the moon lit by the sun change. At all other times, fully half of the moon's surface is illuminated. How much of that is on the side facing Earth does change.

Answer 6

yes it goes farther away by 1 inch every year