So I would guess the best explanation would be.
1. the stars are close to the moons darker side not in the middle of it as depicted.
2. then the tricks of the eye and atmosphere would make the light seem closer together then it really is.
3.And of course stories and myths tend to exaggerate details like this to the point of absurdity.

I just found this same error in a Travelodge ad on Facebook (red arrow is my doing):

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c378/freeluvfreeway/Travelodgeisretarded.jpg

In my case, worse! this same misconception was publish in newspaper and asking people to go out and look at this “wonder”
http://mydarksky.org/2008/12/01/lunar-smiley-face/

Obviously it’s not stars in front of the moon, but some other magical phenomenon that just looks really stupid.

No. Obviously, it’s meant to be stars beyond the moon (this is what the dialogue is about, after all). And equally obviously, the SFX crew screwed it up.

. . . don’t hear any one complaining about diskworld on the back of elephants and a giant sea turtle in the recent “Hogfather” special…

This is a key point. Pratchett goes to considerable length to explain these differences between his invented world and our real one.

IIRC, Goodkind barely mentions the stuff in the sky. It’s background.

I understand what you are saying but, well, I really don’t see the point of it. It’s fantasy – and it’s not even good fantasy at that. So who really cares about this? Actually, judging by the amount of comments it looks like a lot do – so I think I should probably go away from this one (BA writes about a lot of interesting things – I think I’ll muddle about in those other waters).

Well, judging from the number of posts you have made, you obviously care.

But, actually, such details can have a huge impact. I have never seen this show, and, judging from feedback that I have read, I don’t think I ever will. However, let’s assume it was a good adaptation of Goodkind’s book – in this case, enjoyment requires a suspension of disbelief to accept the magical stuff that happens. Such obvious errors as having those stars seemingly in front of the unlit face of the moon can damage the suspension of disbelief and spoil the enjoyment.

I’m not the author/screenwriter of the wizard show but here’s one way he did it – he used his magical fairy dust unicorn stoked magi-pen (bought from a mystical maiden troll that likes Goth music) to warp the spacetime continuum to shrink the stars. He changed the laws of physics to do it. Just like how the laws of physics and science are obviously and totally changed if you want to have, you know, a freaking wizard.

You obviously don’t read much stuff with wizards in it.

What you describe is utterly beyond the capabilities of any of the characters in Goodkind’s stories.

Godlike powers do not make good drama. I know of no recently published stories where characters have the kind of power you describe.