New Why Does The Moon Look So Big Tonight Background. It'll be it's exactly the same size as it was before. The apparent change in our only natural satellite's size when it is near the horizon is an optical.
Tonight (april 7), if you look up at the night sky, you'll see the super pink moon, the biggest supermoon of the year, shining big and bright.
The hunter's moon has been in the sky for the last couple of days, but it will reach its peak brightness and beauty tonight. The moon illusion is the name for this trick our brains play on us. It'll be it's exactly the same size as it was before. Why does the moon look so much bigger when it is near the horizon than when it is high up in the sky?