About a month ago, the Moon was enormous, but only for two hours. Why?

I remember on the way to my grandparent’s house about a month ago, my mom, brother and I saw the moon bigger than we have EVER seen it. It was golden colored and it seemed SO SO SO SO close. I honestly don’t think you guys would believe me if I tried to tell you how big it was. But after we left my grandparent’s house after 2 hours, it looked a lot smaller and was a lot higher in the sky. Why did this happen?