Case closed!

I don't know about you, but this photo of the moon that my sister just sent me just about clinches it. The moon certainly does look different depending on where on the Earth you are! They look pretty freaking different, and I'll be interested to see how much it changes through the seasons. Even though it's blurry, you can still make out that in Silver Spring, Maryland, the shadow of the moon appears to be on the right lower half as opposed to the left lower half in Madurai. I still cannot grasp why this is the case, because I cannot wrap my brain around such matters of spherical geometry, but now that we have photographic evidence that the moon looks different I can rest somewhat easily. Thanks L.L.!

Thanks to an alert reader for pointing out there was no photo previously.