This time last night I was traipsing home from the ballet in the drizzle after tube problems due to the rain and tonight it is calm, warm and with a lovely full moon. Typical British weather.
but since there is wobble in the orbit as it nears earth it would also look larger ( subtends larger angle blaah blaah blaah)
( that would be 'as well as' and not "instead of")
Don't mind being reminded of Richmond Hill, Ladybirder.
Know the area well (also Twickenham where I lived for a short time). After the death of my first wife I dated a Yoruba (OK, not full, mummy was white) girl who was a function organiser in the big hotel there. These were the days when I was a one man cleaning business. Used to drive through Richmond park (Isabella Plantation, the deer?) on my way to the apartment blocks I cleaned in Kew.