Brightest, biggest full moon day

30 Jan

It is supposed to be the brightest full moon day and I spent some time watching the moon. There was a report in the TOI newspaper which said,

Scientists said the Moon will be at its brightest and biggest because its orbit is an ellipse with one side being 50,000 km closer to the Earth than the other. Saturday’s full moon will be around 15% bigger and 30% brighter as compared to other full moons.