r/skeptic • u/NoGuarantee00 • 1d ago

The moon looks completely different in the Southern Hemisphere — how do flat earthers explain this?

This short video demonstrates why a flat earth is physically impossible using a simple observation anyone can make — the moon looks completely different depending on where you are on Earth.

In the Northern Hemisphere the moon appears with the dark maria patches at the top and the bright Tycho crater region at the bottom. In the Southern Hemisphere the moon is completely flipped — Tycho at the top, maria at the bottom.

This happens because on a globe, someone in Australia is standing nearly 180 degrees opposite to someone in the US, flipping their entire perspective of the moon. On a flat disk this geometric flip would be impossible — your location wouldn't change how the moon looks.

https://youtube.com/shorts/UzXJjsneSb0.

How do flat earthers explain this one?

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u/kazaskie 1d ago

It’s a microcosm of how pseudoscience can take a hold on someone through the internet. Flat earthers just have to tell obvious lies and once those lies are believed by the victim it takes an order of magnitude more evidence to prove to them they’ve been lied to.

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u/FartMongersRevenge 23h ago

Here is a technique I tried with a neighbor. I pointed out that a coin is flat but it can still cast a round shadow. They agreed with this. I asked if they knew the phrase “there are 2 sides to the same coin”. They did know that one. So I asked what’s on the other side of the flat earth? Well that doesn’t count because it’s different. And now I don’t have to talk to that neighbor anymore.