2007-02-25 23:40:30 · 7 answers · asked by iftikhar k 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
The Moon's average distance from the Earth is 238,855 miles.
Perigee (closest)
225,700 miles
Apogee (farthest)
252,000 miles
2007-02-25 23:45:10 · answer #1 · answered by bldudas 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Right now? Or on average?
On 2007 February 26, at 12:00 UTC, the moon was 384,917 km from Earth (center-to-center distance). If you want the surface-to-surface distance, subtract 6,378 km for Earth radius, and 1,738 km for moon radius.
This distance was increasing at the rate of 4,106 km per day.
The one-way light time was 1.239 seconds.
2007-02-26 00:59:36 · answer #2 · answered by morningfoxnorth 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If all the money owed by the federal government was lined up end to end with dollar bills it would go to the moon and back several times.
2007-02-25 23:47:52 · answer #3 · answered by supertop 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon
Perigee [nearest to Earth]: 363,104 km (0.0024 AU)
Apogee [furthest from Earth]: 405,696 km (0.0027 AU)
Semi-major axis: 384,399 km (0.00257 AU)
Orbital circumference: 2,413,402 km (0.016 AU)
Eccentricity: 0.0549
I recall reading it is approximately 1.3 light seconds away.
Dan
p.s. The distance is slowly increasing.
2007-02-25 23:50:23 · answer #4 · answered by ymail493 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
About 380,000 km on average, ranging from 363,000 km to 405,000 km.
Dan D...it is ~2.5 light seconds away...3.8E5/1.5E5
2007-02-25 23:50:21 · answer #5 · answered by gebobs 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
385,000 to 405,000 kilometres based on its orbit.
2007-02-25 23:46:43 · answer #6 · answered by suraj_krsna1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hey, its 3,20,000 I think
2007-02-25 23:43:48 · answer #7 · answered by Aditya 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋