The moon orbits in an ellipse, like every (so called) heavenly body. Thank you, Johannes Kepler. That means that it has an apogee (furthest from the earth) and a perigee (closest to the earth) precisely once per orbit, which takes just under a month. (Month == Moon, BTW).
It is only ignorant humans who make a big deal out of the perigee and the full moon (which also happens once every rotation). Yes, there is an occasional coincident perigee at the full moon.
So fucking what!? They each happen every fucking revolution so it's inevitable that they'll happen together.
Furthermore, as Phil Plait says, and as anybody who understands a little astronomy will tell you, there is no fucking discernible difference between the moon's size at apogee and perigee. The difference is far, far too tiny to be observable with your eyes.
Just filling in for those who don't get it.
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