The Moon

Why didn't anyone tell me that the moon was coming so close to Earth? I missed the event because I was in a hotel room getting ready for dinner. Apparently,according to Mark who was heading in off the beach after fishing,it was spectacular. He said he couldn't figure out why everyone was setting up cameras on tripods! But the night before I was out with my camera and got this shot. It seems strange to me that the sun doesn't sink into the ocean (I know it's because the ocean is on the east coast here

) but as it goes down the moon comes up and the sky turns from blue to pink.