On Friday night, the Moon was at its closest to Earth. When it is full Moon at this position is Moon’s orbit (perigee), it appears the biggest and brightest. It was about 16% bigger and 30% brighter than other full moon’s of the year. These photos were captured a day late when the Moon was about 93% full.
A couple of weeks ago, while capturing Moon-Venus-Jupiter conjunction, I noticed the movement of Moon and Venus over about 1 hour while I was taking the photos. Here is a composite of two images taken about 50 minutes apart. Movement of the Moon and Venus is obvious. I used Jupiter as the reference as it doesn’t move as fast.
