just doing some reading up on this and the last time it was closer to the earth was 18 years ago, but it was also close at the same time of the tsunami in indonesia in 2004! could be the cause of the one in Japan this month.
Lol it jus controls the tide!
Wen the moon was rising earlier insted of a bright White it was a rather bright orange/red did any1 else see that or was it jus me ????