It's the closest it has been for 19 years, and although some foretell all sorts of strange events, the moon will create nothing more than unusually high or low tides.
Photographed at 19.39 this evening, our only satellite is seen here rising over the Isle of Wight, with the 751ft (229 metre) Chillerton TV transmitter to the right. It is difficult to get a crisp image as the moon's disc when it is this low in the sky as it is usually distorted by atmospheric turbulence, but the colour is accurate.
This "lunar perigee" sees The Moon a mere 221,567 miles (356,577 km) from the Earth, or 90% as close as it ever gets.
300mm f/2.8 AF-S VR Nikkor with TC-14EII converter. 1/80 second at f/5. -0.33 EV compensation. ISO 640.
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