Supermoon

[Sarongman]

Well, tonight's full moon is about 50,000km closer to the Earth and, therefore, easier to see details of with a good telescope. It's a good thing there are no deep low pressure cells on the Australian east coast. We are under a large moderate high so that the tides, though higher than usual won't affect lower parts of the coast. Here's hoping there are no storm surges anywhere , and that we all can enjoy the display.
There's no worries about the two getting any closer, it's just the coincidence of two elliptical orbits coinciding.

[crfriend]

Well, tonight's full moon is about 50,000km closer to the Earth and, therefore, easier to see details of with a good telescope.

...And we're socked in.

It did look pretty good rising over the stern of the boat last night as we turned into the channel to Boston's Inner Harbor. Good stuff.

[Sarongman]

There is a low off the NSW coast and consequently, there is a swell off the Gold Coast which, together with the highest tide of the year, is taking sand from the Gold Coast beaches. The 10% larger size of the moon wasn't, to my eyes at least, any more noticeable than normal, but then there wasn't a comparison and, also the 50,000 km. is really the difference between the current perigee and the apogee (when said satellite is furthest away)