Illusion lunaire

Moon illusion - optical illusion which causes the Moon to appear larger near the horizon than it does higher up in the sky. Article “Illusion lunaire” in French Wikipedia has 26.6 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 19 references and 9 sections.

This article has the best quality in English Wikipedia. Also, this article is the most popular in that (French) language version.

Since the creation of article “Illusion lunaire”, its content was written by 32 registered users of French Wikipedia and edited by 685 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 468 times in French Wikipedia and cited 2690 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (French): #18614 in September 2013
• Global: #8113 in March 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (French): #43316 in November 2016
• Global: #17721 in November 2016

There are 28 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2026 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Moon illusion		57.7295
2	Ukrainian (uk) Ілюзія Місяця		47.2165
3	Chinese (zh) 月球錯覺		40.4929
4	Estonian (et) Kuuillusioon		35.3026
5	German (de) Mondtäuschung		32.1994
6	French (fr) Illusion lunaire		26.6273
7	Russian (ru) Иллюзия Луны		26.4864
8	Finnish (fi) Kuuilluusio		26.2069
9	Armenian (hy) Լուսնային խաբկանք		23.1336
10	Vietnamese (vi) Ảo giác Mặt Trăng		22.6913

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Illusion lunaire" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Moon illusion		2 265 889
2	Russian (ru) Иллюзия Луны		702 699
3	German (de) Mondtäuschung		521 469
4	Spanish (es) Ilusión lunar		231 927
5	Chinese (zh) 月球錯覺		128 677
6	Italian (it) Illusione lunare		109 980
7	French (fr) Illusion lunaire		57 180
8	Dutch (nl) Maanillusie		49 277
9	Persian (fa) بزرگ دیدن ماه		38 500
10	Swedish (sv) Månillusionen		32 805

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Illusion lunaire" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Moon illusion		3 516
2	Russian (ru) Иллюзия Луны		801
3	German (de) Mondtäuschung		598
4	French (fr) Illusion lunaire		278
5	Chinese (zh) 月球錯覺		260
6	Japanese (ja) 月の錯視		196
7	Italian (it) Illusione lunare		145
8	Spanish (es) Ilusión lunar		116
9	Hebrew (he) אשליית הירח		106
10	Persian (fa) بزرگ دیدن ماه		97

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Illusion lunaire" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Moon illusion		218
2	German (de) Mondtäuschung		135
3	Russian (ru) Иллюзия Луны		58
4	Dutch (nl) Maanillusie		33
5	French (fr) Illusion lunaire		32
6	Spanish (es) Ilusión lunar		25
7	Hungarian (hu) Holdillúzió		22
8	Italian (it) Illusione lunare		22
9	Hebrew (he) אשליית הירח		20
10	Danish (da) Måneillusionen		18

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Illusion lunaire" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Dutch (nl) Maanillusie		3
2	English (en) Moon illusion		2
3	Russian (ru) Иллюзия Луны		2
4	German (de) Mondtäuschung		1
5	Ukrainian (uk) Ілюзія Місяця		1
6	Arabic (ar) وهم القمر		0
7	Bulgarian (bg) Лунна илюзия		0
8	Catalan (ca) Il·lusió lunar		0
9	Czech (cs) Měsíční iluze		0
10	Danish (da) Måneillusionen		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Illusion lunaire" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Moon illusion		813
2	Danish (da) Måneillusionen		605
3	French (fr) Illusion lunaire		468
4	Chinese (zh) 月球錯覺		111
5	Ukrainian (uk) Ілюзія Місяця		93
6	Russian (ru) Иллюзия Луны		89
7	Catalan (ca) Il·lusió lunar		83
8	Arabic (ar) وهم القمر		69
9	Vietnamese (vi) Ảo giác Mặt Trăng		66
10	Japanese (ja) 月の錯視		56

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic وهم القمر
bg	Bulgarian Лунна илюзия
ca	Catalan Il·lusió lunar
cs	Czech Měsíční iluze
da	Danish Måneillusionen
de	German Mondtäuschung
en	English Moon illusion
es	Spanish Ilusión lunar
et	Estonian Kuuillusioon
fa	Persian بزرگ دیدن ماه
fi	Finnish Kuuilluusio
fr	French Illusion lunaire
he	Hebrew אשליית הירח
hu	Hungarian Holdillúzió
hy	Armenian Լուսնային խաբկանք
id	Indonesian Ilusi Bulan
it	Italian Illusione lunare
ja	Japanese 月の錯視
ko	Korean 달 착시
nl	Dutch Maanillusie
pt	Portuguese Ilusão lunar
ru	Russian Иллюзия Луны
sk	Slovak Ilúzia Mesiaca
sv	Swedish Månillusionen
tr	Turkish Ay illüzyonu
uk	Ukrainian Ілюзія Місяця
vi	Vietnamese Ảo giác Mặt Trăng
zh	Chinese 月球錯覺

Best Rank

French: #43316 11.2016

Global: #17721 11.2016

Best Rank

French: #18614 09.2013

Global: #8113 03.2004

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