... 2007 October 25 . Apogee Moon, Perigee Moon . Credit Copyright : Anthony Ayiomamitis . ... On April 3, the Full Moon was within hours of apogee, the farthest point in the lunar orbit , corresponding to the smallest ...
... 2004 October 21 . Apogee Moon, Perigee Moon . Credit Copyright: Ant nio Cidad o . Explanation: Why don't these pieces fit? ... on October 6th the Moon's third quarter phase happened to occur near lunar apogee , the farthest point in the Moon's orbit ...
... December 22, 1999 . Perigee Moon, Apogee Moon . Picture Credit: Galileo Project , NASA . ... in apparent size between a full moon at perigee (left) and a full moon at apogee, the farthest point in the lunar orbit ...
... 2014 January 18 . Apogee's Full Moon . Image Credit Copyright : Rick Baldridge . ... on January 16, 4:54 UT, within about 2 hours of apogee, the most distant point in its elliptical orbit around planet Earth ...
... full phase only about 4 hours before apogee , the most distant point from Earth in ... of just under 50,000 kilometers between apogee and perigee, given the Moon's average ...
... its full phase only a few hours from lunar apogee , the time of its the most distant ... of just under 50,000 kilometers between apogee and perigee, given the Moon's average ...
... Two weeks later, on May 20, the Moon will be near apogee , the most distant point in its orbit, so by then it will be nearly at ... Near apogee the smaller silhouetted Moon will fit just inside the bright solar disk . ...
... Because the Moon circles the Earth in an elliptical orbit , its angular size depends on how close the Moon is to closest approach (perigee) or farthest distance ( apogee ). ...