A full moon has occurred closer to the Earth than it has done at any time for the past 15 years.
The Moon's elliptical orbit means its distance from the Earth is not constant.
It was a little over 350,000km away as it passed over the northern hemisphere, about 30,000km closer than usual.
I took these photos December 12,2008 at the Virginia Beach Oceanfront, except for the last one ,taken December 07' on the Corrotoman River.