Perigee Moon

To the unaided eye, the full moon at perigee is, despite media hype, not noticeably larger than any "average" full moon. Never the less, it was interesting to observe as it climbed above the horizon, falsely coloured and slightly oblated due to it's low altitude, and to capture a few images of the event for the record. 
Without a useful point of reference to compare the image to, of course, the apparent 14% increase in diameter is largely meaningless.  What would be much more interesting would be to capture an image of a similar phase moon when it is at apogee, and to composite the images. This would enable a more meaningful and interesting size comparison.  So, I have the perigee image, now when is the next full moon at apogee.....?



Perigee.  19th March 2011