When the earth moon is at it's closes point to the earth and there is a full moon, how often does this happen and is there a name for it?
2007-02-22 06:02:41 · 3 answers · asked by Boomrat 6 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Oct 26 2007 at 11:52GMT 356,754 km will be the next perigee (closest distance) when there is a full moon. You can check these yourself at this website:
http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/pacalc.html
2007-02-22 06:10:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi. The last time this happened was Christmas of 1999 or 2000, forget which. Pretty rare event.
2007-02-22 14:11:24 · answer #2 · answered by Cirric 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's called the perogee and it varies from month to month. Here's a calculator
http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/pacalc.html
2007-02-22 14:07:49 · answer #3 · answered by Gene 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋