Distance between apogee and perigee
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Lunar Perigee and Apogee. The Moon's orbit around Earth is elliptical. The point of the orbit closest to Earth is called perigee, while the point farthest from Earth is known asapogee. The difference in Moon's Distance–from its center–to the center of Earth, at perigee and apogee.
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Lunar Perigee and Apogee. The Moon's orbit around Earth is elliptical. The point of the orbit closest to Earth is called perigee, while the point farthest from Earth is known asapogee. The difference in Moon's Distance–from its center–to the center of Earth, at perigee and apogee.
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his year's farthest apogee happens on October 31, 2016 (252,688 miles or 406,662 km), and the closest perigee comes on November 14, 2016 (221,524 miles or 356,509 km). That's a difference of about 30,000 miles (50,000 km). Meanwhile, the moon's mean distance (semi-major axis) from Earth is 238,855 miles (384,400 km).
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