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 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 ...
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