2007-06-19 19:59:15 · 8 answers · asked by Ric 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
The orbit is not a circle but an ellipse. As a consequence once a fortnight or so, there is a near point in the moon's orbit, the perigee, and about a fortnight later a far point, in the moon's orbit, the apogee.
Look at the photographs in the link for the difference in how the Moon looks at Perigee and how the Moon looks at Apogee:
Here are the distances away from earth for the Apogees and Perigees for 2007:
As can be seen from the table below there are 13 different apogees a year and there are 13 different perigees too, all a bit different in the distances involved.
APOGEE AND PERIGEE IN 2007
Apogee: Jan 10 16:27 404,334 km
Perigee: Jan 22 12:25 366,928 km
Apogee: Feb 7 12:40 404,989 km
Perigee: Feb 19 9:35 361,439 km
Apogee: Mar 7 3:38 405,850 km
Perigee: Mar 19 18:40 357,815 km
Apogee: Apr 3 8:39 406,326 km
Perigee: Apr 17 5:56 357,137 km
Apogee: Apr 30 10:58 406,208 km
Perigee: May 15 15:11 359,392 km
Apogee: May 27 22:02 405,456 km
Perigee: Jun 12 17:08 363,777 km
Apogee: Jun 24 14:26 404,538 km
Perigee: Jul 9 21:39 368,533 km
Apogee: Jul 22 8:44 404,150 km
Perigee: Aug 3 23:53 368,891 km
Apogee: Aug 19 3:29 404,620 km
Perigee: Aug 31 0:14 364,173 km
Apogee: Sep 15 21:07 405,644 km
Perigee: Sep 28 1:54 359,419 km
Apogee: Oct 13 9:54 406,489 km
Perigee: Oct 26 11:52 356,754 km
Apogee: Nov 9 12:33 406,670 km
Perigee: Nov 24 0:13 357,195 km
Apogee: Dec 6 16:55 406,234 km
Perigee: Dec 22 10:12 360,816 km
2007-06-20 02:33:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The average centre-to-centre distance from the Earth to the Moon is 384,403 kilometres (238,857 miles), which is about 30 times the diameter of the Earth.
2007-06-19 20:02:35 · answer #2 · answered by Girlzrule 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the Moon to Earth distance varies between 356,500 km and 406,500 km. The average distance is 384,748 km.
It is about 250,000 miles from Earth to the moon.
2007-06-19 20:38:06 · answer #3 · answered by numbheart_icemaiden 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The most common answer and the answer to keep in mind as a reference in case asked or referred to is 240,000 miles. There are variations of this determined by the time of year and other factors, but 240,000 miles is the standard true and 'quick' answer.
2007-06-20 22:03:50 · answer #4 · answered by tracyterry 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
93 million miles.
2007-06-19 20:03:27 · answer #5 · answered by generbee 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
roughly 250,000 miles IIRC
2007-06-19 20:02:00 · answer #6 · answered by Doc Hudson 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
239,000 miles.
2007-06-20 03:38:12 · answer #7 · answered by Billy Butthead 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
real far!
2007-06-19 20:09:03 · answer #8 · answered by la llama laughs 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋