By Diana Othman

IF YOU thought the full moon appeared larger in the sky over the last few weeks than it usually does, you were not wrong.

It was because the moon has come closest to the Earth than at any time since 1957.

The full moon appeared the largest on Jan 10, when it was just about 300,000km from Earth, compared to the average distance of 350,000km.

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