Lunar Terminator "Illusion" is impossible if the moon reflects sunlight.

This known phenomena is impossible on the standard model of the universe where the moon is supposed to reflect sunlight, the discrepancy in the image provided is at 45 degrees. Perspective does not curve light, nor does distance, nor does angle (even behind or forwards), our eyes and normal cameras have rectilinear lenses, meaning they preserve straight lines. The atmosphere according to Wikipedia lifts up objects in the sky by 34 arcminutes (or about half a degree), which is about half of the sun/moon's apparent diameter, this is at the horizon, and it gets gradually less the higher they are in the sky. and this supposed bending of light downwards affects both the moon and the sun in the same way, this can not account for the 45 degree discrepancy.

Atmospheric refraction

Atmospheric refraction is the deviation of light or other electromagnetic wave from a straight line as it passes through the atmosphere due to the variation in air density as a function of height. This refraction is due to the velocity of light through air decreasing (the refractive index increases) with increased density. Atmospheric refraction...