Perigee Moon Rise March 19th 2011

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Full Moons vary in size because of the oval shape of the Moon's orbit.
It is an ellipse with one side (perigee) about 50,000 km closer to Earth than the other (apogee):
Nearby perigee moons are about 14% bigger and 30% brighter than lesser moons that occur on the apogee side of the Moon's orbit.

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