Observation 3/19/11

Tonight, I went out and looked up at the sky from my driveway in Sarasota at about 9:45 p.m.  The sky was a shade of dark blue, and only a couple of stars were visible, but not enough to correctly point out major stars or constellations.  I saw the moon shining very brightly in the south east, but mostly eastern, portion of the sky.  It is in its full moon phase (100% of the way illuminated), and appeared lower and bigger than usual.  Tonight's large moon is caused by the close proximity to the earth.  It is the largest moon to appear in or about the next f20 years, and an event like this hasn't occurred since 1992.  The close proximity of our moon will not cause any danger to Earth, even though it is thought to since it appears 15% to 30% bigger than usual.