Our moon is an average distance of 226,000 miles from the Earth. As a result of its proximity, the moon appears especially bright and about 7% larger than on a normal full moon, compared to a full moon, which is at apogee, which then looks about 14% larger each month's. Full moon has a nickname or multiple nicknames, usually after some folk origin that coincides with a certain plant or an animal or a weather or a common activity that happens at that time of the year