How far away is the moon?

Answer 1

about 250,000 miles, depending on where it is in the orbit around the earth

Answer 2

Oi. Jarrod!

That's my answer you ripped off!

Thought it seemed strangely familiar! I suppose I should feel flattered, but there is such a thing as moral rights and intellectual property rights and if you quote someone else's work in toto you should credit the author by name.

For the record, my name is Jason Hitchmough, and my nickname is Hitchmough's_Guide_2_The_ Galaxy and I wrote the following item 11 months ago in response to a similar question:

"Average distance is indeed 238,000 miles, But the orbit is elliptical and not circular, The nearest point to the earth is called perigee and the farthest away is called apogee, It reaches one of these points, once a fortnight, in every lunar sycle and thus 13 times a year.

Typical Perigee 363,104 km (0.0024 AU) or 226,940 miles
Typical Apogee 405,696 km (0.0027 AU) or 253,560 miles

The figures for the rest of this year are (given in kms):

Sep 22 apogee 406498 km
Oct 6 perigee 357409 km
Oct 19 apogee 406073 km
Nov 3 perigee 360597 km
Nov 15 apogee 405192 km
Dec 2 perigee 365922 km
Dec 13 apogee 404416 km
Dec 28 perigee 370320 km

As you can see, it is different every month and there is considerable variation from one month to the next,

The equivalent terms for the earth's (or any other sun-orbiter's) distance from the sun are perihelion and aphelion (after the Greek word for the sun, helios, which also lends its name to the element helium,

There are similar terms for maximum and minimum distances from other celestial bodies, but the suffix "-apsis" can be used for any body: periapsis and apoapsis (plurals: periapsides amd apoapsides) for minimum and maximum distances, therefore."

NOTE

The "rest of this year" was of course the rest of 2006 as that is when I wrote it. People reading this should not think that the dates and distances of perigees and apogees are the same in 2007 as they were in 2006.

I wouldn't like to be party to a Mars Hoax type of e-mail where 2003 dates and events were recycled as though they were taking place in 2004 and then in every year since as well!

The 2007 dates are accessible via my source:

Answer 3

It Is 238,857 miles away:

Here Is a Website About The Moon:
http://www.jimloy.com/astro/moon0.htm

Answer 4

The moon is about 240,000 miles or 390,000 km away from earth.

Answer 5

In round figures, easy to remember, about 250,000 Miles.

Answer 6

Check Wikipedia.

Answer 7

Roughl 238,900 miles from earth or384,402 km

Answer 8

The moon's orbit is elliptical, and the distance varies quite a bit (it varies from 225,745 mi. to 251,967 mi.).

Answer 9

A little over 248,000 miles

Answer 10

1 million miles