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The moon
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this post was submitted on 24 Jun 2024
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If you're from the US, the moon is the size of a dime when viewed from 6 feet away. I don't know what a universal measurement would be for folks outside the US.
Anyway, it always cracks me up when people get hyped for a "super moon". This tiny object in the sky is going to be indistinguishably less tiny!
I'm from the US and I've been watching For All Mankind lately so I feel like a bit of a moon expert. I'm pretty confident that if I viewed the moon from 6' away, it'll look larger than a dime. But I could be wrong.
What about if it's viewed from 238 thousand miles away?
You would need a pretty good telescope to see a dime from 238 thousand miles away.
That's why I use a microscope, since it's so small.
My cousin continues to share every single super moon hype post, and somehow (after several years) he still hasn't noticed or acknowledged that it never amounts to anything of note.
My mom does the same thing. "Make sure you go look at the moon tonight. It's a super blue blood harvest moon that won't happen again in a million years."