Low-Hanging Moon Explained

gollum123 wrote to mention a BBC article which explains the low-hanging moon of the past few nights. From the article:"For the past few nights the moon has appeared larger than many people have seen it for almost 20 years. It is the world's largest optical illusion, and one of its most enduring mysteries. The mystery of the Moon Illusion, witnessed by millions of people this week, has puzzled great thinkers for centuries. There is still no agreed on explaination for why the moon appears bigger when it's on the horizon than when it's high in the night sky."

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''low hanging moon''

[sjwt]

Is this some Northen hemasphear thing im not aware of, I watch the moon rise and set quite a lot, so how is this the first time americans are seeing the moon so low in 20 odd years??