http://b.love2bnmaine.com/2012/02/08/full-moon-rising/

How remarkable that the Moon at rising can take you unawares.

At first, you do not recognize her, improbably large, a little misshapen from the effects of the atmosphere at the horizon, so often some unexpected color, or even an appearance of translucence like lantern paper lit from behind.

For just a moment, you do not realize what you are seeing, but then of course you do, and there is a moment of embarrassment--that after a lifetime of moonrises and poetry, you still were not prepared.