Social media users are BAFFLED after learning that the moon looks different from other countries
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If you have family or friends in different countries, it might be a comfort to know that you are all looking up at the same moon. But it turns out that people in different countries aren't seeing same thing at all. Although the moon always stays the same, its appearance changes drastically depending on what hemisphere you are in.
![[If you travelled from the UK to Australia, the moon would appear to be upside down once you arrived. This strange effect is a result of the fact that we live on a sphere]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/16/14/94164935-14291881-If_you_travelled_from_the_UK_to_Australia_the_moon_would_appear_-a-120_1737038730047.jpg)
That means someone looking at the moon from Australia will see it 'upside down' compared to someone in the UK. In a viral video, a TikTok user named Corey said: 'Why the **** are we not shown in schools that the way we see the moon in the southern hemisphere is upside down to the way it's seen in the northern hemisphere and vice versa.
![[Social media users were shocked and 'deeply upset' to discover this piece of common knowledge about the moon]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/16/14/94164043-14291881-Social_media_users_were_shocked_and_deeply_upset_to_discover_thi-a-117_1737038730045.jpg)
'I moved to a different hemisphere, and I still didn't realise it until years in.'. Corey is not alone in his confusion, as social media users have flooded the comments to express their shock. One baffled commenter quipped: 'Logically it checks out but emotionally I'm deeply upset and uncomfortable.'.
![[Many users said they had no idea that the moon would look different from a different perspective]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/16/14/94164023-14291881-Many_users_said_they_had_no_idea_that_the_moon_would_look_differ-a-118_1737038730046.jpg)
Social media users have been baffled to discover that the moon looks different in other countries after a viral video pointed out the difference between the North and South Hemisphere. If you travelled from the UK to Australia, the moon would appear to be upside down once you arrived. This strange effect is a result of the fact that we live on a sphere.
![[One confused commenter said it was 'bonkers' that people in the Southern Hemisphere didn't see a face in the moon]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/16/14/94164021-14291881-One_confused_commenter_said_it_was_bonkers_that_people_in_the_So-a-121_1737038730049.jpg)
While it might seem strange, the fact that the moon can look so different is simply a consequence of the fact that we live on a sphere. The moon itself doesn't flip upside down when you travel from the North to the South - rather, it's you that's flipping, relative to the moon.
![[The moon looks 'upside down' from Australia because people in the Southern Hemisphere are upside down relative to those in the north. Pictured: The moon as seen from Sydney]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/16/14/94162641-14291881-The_moon_looks_upside_down_from_Australia_because_people_in_the_-a-122_1737038730049.jpg)
