2007-08-13 00:57:07 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
385000 kilometers
2007-08-13 01:00:03 · answer #1 · answered by Sal*UK 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The moon is closest at Perigee and farthest at apogee
Perigee
Date/time: 1987 August 10 08:00
Julian day: 2447017.83
Moon:
Age: 15 Days, 19 Hours
Phase: 98%
Full: 1987 August 9 10:18
Perigee: 1987 August 8 19:00, 357643 km
Geocentric:
Distance: 359861 km
Right ascension: 22h 12m
Declination: -14° 7.1'
Topocentric:
Distance: 359000 km
Angle subtended: 0.5548°
Altitude: 60.16°
Azimuth -68.13°
Apogee
Date/time: 1988 February 2 06:00
Julian day: 2447193.75
Moon:
Age: 14 Days, 5 Hours
Phase: 99%
Full: 1988 February 2 20:52
Apogee: 1988 February 3 10:00, 406395 km
Geocentric:
Distance: 405948 km
Right ascension: 8h 37m
Declination: +22° 30.1'
Topocentric:
Distance: 404510 km
Angle subtended: 0.4923°
Altitude: 35.45°
Azimuth -22.01°
2007-08-13 01:02:05 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
On August 14, at 00:00 Universal Time, the moon will be 395,977.77 kilometers (246,049.18 miles) from the Earth (center to center distance). This distance will be increasing at the rate of 147.95 km/hr.
Over a period of several years, the moon's distance varies from about 360,000 km (called "perigee") to about 406,000 km (called "apogee").
2007-08-13 01:19:10 · answer #3 · answered by morningfoxnorth 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Distance from the earth : shortest - exactly 356,399 km; Greatest - 406,699 km; Mean - 384,403 km.
2007-08-13 02:02:17 · answer #4 · answered by Stella 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Could you not look it up in google yourself? OK, it is approximately 2,40,000 miles.
2007-08-13 01:05:25 · answer #5 · answered by Swamy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
27 meters
2007-08-13 01:01:21 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
404510 km
2007-08-14 20:29:51 · answer #7 · answered by Davinder 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
238,837 miles
2007-08-13 01:05:33 · answer #8 · answered by nvrrong 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
why don't you jump in your little rocketship and find out?
2007-08-13 01:06:06 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
239,000 miles.
2007-08-13 01:03:31 · answer #10 · answered by Billy Butthead 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋