Why do the Moon and Sun appear flattened at sunrise and sunset?
| September 15, 2020 | Education
At sunrise and sunset, the rays of the Moon and the Sun pass through the atmosphere. Due to atmospheric refraction, the bodies seem to rise above the horizon, and the lower the object is, the greater the change in its height. As a result, the lower edge of a celestial body rises more than the upper one – the object is “flattened”.
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