Electronic Sky

Last night was the night of the Milk Moon. That's the name given to the full moon for may 23rd 2005. I haven't seen the moon as low and as big as it appears here in Tucson. The keyword there is low. The moon can be seen pretty close to the horizon. Its appearing bigger than when its further up in the sky is just an optical illusion. When its closer to the horizon, there are other objects in view, trees for instance, that are a really small in comparison and the moon looks really large as a result. When its up in the sky there's nothing to give us that perspective. I was trying to look for other characteristics, like latitude/longitude, that would  change the view of the moon, but couldn't really find much. But I did find a pretty cool astronomy related website. Its called the Electronic Sky and is still in its infancy, but promises to be good.