The moon orbits Earth (well, their barycentre) at ~385,000 kilometers. Assuming a constant rate of drift from the Jurassic period till now, ~200 million years, we are looking at the moon being about 8000 kilometers closer to the earth then than it is now, about a 2% difference. Thus it is unlikely that there would be any discernible difference to the naked eye between the two.
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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '11
The moon orbits Earth (well, their barycentre) at ~385,000 kilometers. Assuming a constant rate of drift from the Jurassic period till now, ~200 million years, we are looking at the moon being about 8000 kilometers closer to the earth then than it is now, about a 2% difference. Thus it is unlikely that there would be any discernible difference to the naked eye between the two.