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London, 10/08/2014. Tonight, the Moon was at the "Perigee stage" (also known by astronomers as "Perigee Moon"; the technical name is the "perigee-syzygy of the Earth-Moon-Sun system" - source Wikipedia), which means that our Satellite was at the closest point to Planet Earth, resulting in the largest apparent size of the lunar disk, 14% larger and 30% brighter than normal.
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London, 10/08/2014. Tonight, the Moon was at the "Perigee stage" (also known by astronomers as "Perigee Moon"; the technical name is the "perigee-syzygy of the Earth-Moon-Sun system" - source Wikipedia), which means that our Satellite was at the closest point to Planet Earth, resulting in the largest apparent size of the lunar disk, 14% larger and 30% brighter than normal.
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