Moon closer to Earth Bashny.Net

Full moon in the night of May 6 will be unusual - at this moment the moon closer to the minimum distance to the Earth and will be 14% bigger and 30% brighter than 94,693,022



The moon that night will be the point of perigee - the closest point to the Earth in its orbit. At 07.34 on Mosca distance to the moon will be 356 000 953 kilometers. The average distance from the Earth to the Moon is about 384 thousand kilometers, that is, the moon will be about 16 thousand kilometers closer to our planet.

However, the moon is never removed from the center of the Earth more than 406, 7 thousand kilometers and is approaching closer than 356, 41 thousand kilometers.

In 2011, a similar event was observed on March 19 - when the moon was even closer - at a distance of 577 kilometers 356,000.

Although the approach of the moon and cause more severe tidal waves, this increase will be no more than 15 centimeters.



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