If you felt an uncontrollable urge to howl over the weekend, blame the presence of the “supermoon” that lit up the night sky in those areas not covered by cloud.
The Moon appeared 14 per cent larger and 30 per cent brighter than normal. The effect was caused by it sweeping along the lowest point of its elliptical orbit around the Earth as it was in its full phase.
The so-called lunar perigree brings the Moon about 30,000 miles closer to the Earth than when it is at the farthest point of its orbit. Super-full perigree moons occur about once