I did a little research to see why the full moon this month seemed gigantic! There is an article on http://www.weather.com/ that explains it.
They call it a "supermoon". Because the moon's orbit around the earth is not a perfect circle, there are times when it is at is closest and other times when it is at its farthest. The photo they used is pretty impressive to see the impact of how it looks to us. "One side of the moon's orbit is actually roughly 31,000 miles closer to earth than on the other side of the orbit. When the moon's orbit is the farthest away from earth, the moon is at its Apogee. When it makes its closest approach, the moon is at its Perigee."
This month's Perigee is actually 2% closer than the average Perigee, making it the closest positioning since 1992!!!
Pretty amazing to see here on the beach in Tampa Bay!
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