Saturday night's full moon appeared 14 percent larger and 30 percent brighter than normal as its lunar orbit brought it close to the Earth. The moon came its closest to earth in 18 years, making it bigger and brighter than normal.
The occurrences, technically known as "lunar perigees," were previously visible in 1955, 1974, 1992, 1993 and 2005. But what makes this one particularly special is that it coincides with a full moon, which hasn't happened since 1993, according to Geoff Chester of the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C.
