| The full moon tonight was the biggest and brightest full moon to be seen for 15 years.
Each month the Moon makes a full orbit around the Earth in a slightly oval-shaped path, and tonight it moved by the Earth at its closest distance, or perigee. It passed by 356,613km (221,595 miles) away, which is about 28,000 km closer than average. The unusual feature of tonight is that the perigee also coincides with a full moon, which will make it appear 14 per cent bigger and some 30 per cent brighter than most full moons this year. The next closest encounter with a full moon this large will not be until November 14, 2016. Click here to see more photos I took of the Moon Rise here on the farm. |
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