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Old May 19th 14, 04:23 PM posted to sci.physics,sci.astro
Sam Wormley[_2_]
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Default Full phase Earth from the lunar surface?

On 5/19/14, 5:28 AM, Robert Clark wrote:
The full Moon sometimes looks huge when it's low on the horizon. I was
wondering if the same effect would occur on the Moon if we saw a full
phase Earth from the lunar surface.



Homework problem I give my freshman astronomy students: What is the
angular diameter of the Earth (in either degrees or arc minutes) as
seen from the Moon?