Moon Depiction and Scale
Discussions center on the representation, size, position, visibility, and accuracy of the Earth's Moon in an astronomical image or visualization, with many humorous or pedantic comments questioning if it looks right or is missing.
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Moon too (but that is predictable)
is this as viewed from the earth? or as the moon placed next to the stars?
When on earth, everything looks like a moon.
You're making an assumption about the distance to the moon.
Can we give the moon a moon instead?
The moon is missing. Let me know when you figure that one out.
"Moon", "Earth" not "moon", "the moon", "earth" ;)
Or, if moon's gravitational pull flips the bits.
Well it's anchored on the moon at the other side
Yeah, it would be weird if the moon was not a moon.