In contrast, on April 13, 2025, the full moon will closely coincide with apogee, the moon's farthest point from Earth. On that date, the moon will be about 31,000 miles (50,000 km) farther away and ...
When the moon reaches apogee, it’s at its farthest from Earth, a distance of 252,712 miles. If a full moon occurs while the moon is at apogee, it is called a micromoon.
The Moon's orbit around Earth is elliptical which means there are times when it is further away - apogee - and times when it is closer - perigee. On Wednesday night the Moon was at perigee ...
The opposite of a perigee, when the moon is at its farthest point (about 251,000 miles), is called apogee. Perigee and apogee occur once every orbit around the earth, but a supermoon only happens ...
This graphic collects all the relevant data about each of the 12 Full Moons of 2024, including their popular names, whether they are a 'super' or 'micro' Moon, a 'perigee' or 'apogee' Moon ...
See what moon phase it is tonight and find out when you can see the rest of the moon phases for 2024. Today, Nov. 10, 2024, the moon is 9 days old and is in the Waxing Gibbous phase of its lunar ...