Oh, it's definitely just an illusion. You can take a suggestive picture of it, if that's your intention, but in fact if you took a couple pictures with a digita

Oh, it's definitely just an illusion. You can take a suggestive picture of it, if that's your intention, but in fact if you took a couple pictures with a digital camera, few hours apart, you'd note that the Moon has the exact same pixel width in the pictures, regardless of it position in relation to the horizon. Moreover, the near-horizon pictures would actually show a lower pixel height, due to the atmospheric distortion.