Off my back porch last night, it appeared somewhat SMALLER than normal. What’s the deal?
There is an odd perceptual illusion. Most people think the moon looks larger near the horizon than when it is higher in elevation. What time did you look?
The illusion is sometimes explained by claiming that people think of the sky as a something like a low vaulted ceiling, so objects on the horizon are perceived as farther away, on the other side of the room as it were, objects overhead as closer.