A full moon over the marina - Press-Telegram

"The closest full moon in 15 years hangs low over docked boats at the Long Beach Marina on Friday night. The moon travels in a wobbly, elliptical orbit, and it was only 221,560 miles from Earth on Friday, much closer than its average distance of 238,855 miles. As a result, it appeared 14 percent bigger and 30 percent brighter than it normally does"