So if I’m understanding this correctly, the reason the moon wasn’t quite “big enough” is because the picture was taken from somewhere technically farther away from the moon than normal solar eclipse images are taken from? This is hurting my brain - still on the first cup.
I'm no physicist or astronomer so I'm probably wrong but I think "apparent* size is the key here.For example,just the other day,on a crystal clear evening,I was driving east on I-90 in a hilly area of western Massachusetts.There,right in front of me,was the moon rising (or setting) and it was huge and yellow.I think the angle from horizon determines how large to moon "appears" at a given moment.
Astronomers...help me out here!
The Moon is on an elliptical orbit around the Earth and varies in distance by about 13,000 miles — hence when it’s further out, the Sun isn’t quite covered. Also, the closer to the Sun, the less the Moon will cover; the Earth is closest to the Sun in January, making the n hemisphere’s winters a bit warmer than those in the s hemisphere.