History Main / GiganticMoon

* The larger moon is justified in one story arc of ''ComicBook/JusticeLeague''; {{TheHero}}es pull the moon into Earth's atmosphere as a mechanism to defeat an AlienInvasion.

* Pluto's moon Charon is the closest known example of this trope in RealLife. It's so close to said dwarf planet that it appears more than seven times larger than our Moon as seen from Earth.[[note]]Given the feeble sunlight at those distances (dusk-like levels of illumination even at noon), don't expect very much of a light show.[[/note]]

Depictions of the moon in fiction vary, but it's not supposed to... ''grow''. In fiction, the moon can be twice as large on the horizon compared to the sky, and even the moon in the sky is larger than it really is! The moon will dominate the scene as a clue to the time of day and effect on the story.

In RealLife, the moon is about 30 arc-minutes across when seen from the Earth's surface, about the size of a small coin held at arm's length. Your eyes can create the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_illusion moon illusion]], an optical illusion which causes the Moon to appear larger near the horizon than it does higher up in the sky, but in fiction this is taken to the extreme.

Subtrope to WeirdMoon. See also FullMoonSilhouette, which can overlap if the foreground characters are too large/close for the effect to be anything other than artistically created. For examples in fiction of something being as big ''as'' the moon, see ThatsNoMoon.

* The Moon from ''Manga/SoulEater'' in the sky is as large as a nearby building. [[spoiler: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in that this is [[NinjaProp more than artistic embellishment]]--it's actually [[BabyPlanet much smaller than in real life]], but so close (within the humanly-breathable parts of the atmosphere) it's more of a FloatingContintent than a satellite.]]

* The Moon from ''Manga/SoulEater'' in the sky is as large as a nearby building. [[spoiler: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in that, while it's pretty high up, it's technically still in Earth's atmosphere, and Medusa sitting on it near the beginning of the series and Ashura being imprisoned in it later show it's actually [[BabyPlanet much smaller than it should be]].]]

* ''Film/StarWars'' Subverted. That's no moon...

* When WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}} and Donkey are [[StargazingScene stargazing]] at their makeshift camp, the moon dominates the night sky, and is large enough for them both to be silhouetted against it simultaneously. Given that this takes place in a fairytale world, their moon may just be that large and/or close.

* Selûne, the Moon-sized Abeir-Toril's moon in ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''' ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'' (Third Edition at least), orbits at just 20,000 miles of the planet, thus in theory at least appearing quite big (around twenty times larger than ours) in the sky. The issues brought by a moon so big and so close[[note]]Almost all solar eclipses would be total to begin with, not to mention issues with tides or tidal-induced earthquakes[[/note]] [[ArtisticLicenseAstronomy are not touched upon]].

* In the story "''Zio Paperone e la scorribanda nei secoli''" (lit.:"Uncle Scrooge and the Waltz of the Centuries"; American title: ''Money is the Root of Upheaval!''"), a malfunctioning TimeMachine temporarily transports Gyro and Scrooge in the year 487,000. The Earth is cold and deserted and the moon appears unusually huge: there are great treasures around and a recorded message declares that humanity has been destroyed by its own greed; as for the moon, it is because it is falling to Earth.

* In the story "''Zio Paperone e la scorribanda nei secoli''" ("Uncle Scrooge and the forays through the ages"), a malfunctioning TimeMachine temporarily transports Gyro and Scrooge in the year 487,000. The Earth is cold and deserted and the moon appears unusually huge: there are great treasures around and a recorded message declares that humanity has been destroyed by its own greed; as for the moon, it is because it is falling to Earth.

* In the story "''Zio Paperone e la scorribanda nei secoli''" ("Uncle Scrooge and the forays through the ages"), a malfunctioning TimeMachine temporarily transports Gyro and Scrooge in the year 487,000. The Earth is cold and deserted and the moon appears unusually huge: there are great treasures around and a recorded message declares that humanity has been destroyed by its own greed; as for the moon, it is because it is about to fall to Earth.

* ''WebVideo/Cinemasins'' makes a RunningGag of this. If the movie they’re covering makes use of this trope, they always point it out. They refer to it as a ‘Bruce Almighty Moon’ as a reference to the scene in ''Film/BruceAlmighty'' when Bruce uses his godly powers to pull the moon closer.

In RealLife, the moon is about 30 arc-minutes from Earth's surface, the size of a small coin held at arm's length. Your eyes can create the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_illusion moon illusion]], an optical illusion which causes the Moon to appear larger near the horizon than it does higher up in the sky, but in fiction this is taken to the extreme.

* Pluto's moon Charon is the closest known example of this trope in RealLife. It's so close to said dwarf planet that it appears more than seven times larger than our Moon as seen from Earth[[note]]Given the feeble sunlight at those distances (dusk-like levels of illumination even at noon), don't expect very much of a light show[[/note]]

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* The Moon as seen in the opening sequence of ''VideoGame/{{Bioshock}}'' is huge (it's obscured by clouds much of the time however).

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* PlayedForHorror in the WebVideo/Local58 episode [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BD-ba-aXQo "Skywatching"]]. [[ItMakesSenseInContext The extremely large moon brainwashes the camera man into worshipping it.]]

-->'''Luke''': You should see it when it's full!

** Nonetheless [[http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/about-us/37-our-solar-system/the-moon/the-moon-and-the-earth/31-how-close-was-the-moon-to-the-earth-when-it-formed-intermediate simulations suggest]] that, just after being formed, the Moon was only 20,000-30,000 kilometers away (i.e. 12-18 times closer, thus proportionally bigger).

* Invoked in ''Film/BruceAlmighty'', as Bruce ''drags'' the moon closer to Earth just to make the evening more romantic for his girlfriend. This has the effect of [[RealityEnsues causing a tsunami later on]].

* Invoked in ''Film/BruceAlmighty'', as Bruce ''drags'' the moon closer to Earth just to make the evening more romantic for his wife. This has the effect of [[RealityEnsues causing a tsunami later on]].

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'', when Shrek and Donkey are [[StargazingScene stargazing]] at their makeshift camp, the moon dominates the night sky, and is large enough for them both to be silhouetted against it simultaneously. Given that this takes place in a fairytale world, their moon may just be that large and/or close.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'', when Shrek and Donkey look are [[StargazingScene stargazing]] at their makeshift camp, the moon appears to be larger than both put together. Though given that this takes place in a fairytale world, their moon may just be that large and/or close.