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jballs@sh.itjust.works
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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!

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Duranie@literature.cafe
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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.

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KrankyKong@lemmy.world
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What about if it’s viewed from 238 thousand miles away?

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jballs@sh.itjust.works
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You would need a pretty good telescope to see a dime from 238 thousand miles away.

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Zozano@lemy.lol
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That’s why I use a microscope, since it’s so small.

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Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca
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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.

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jballs@sh.itjust.works
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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.”

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