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How far away is the moon?
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Mar 19, 2023
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Perigee
362
600
km
(
356
400
–
370
400
km)
Apogee
405
400
km
(
404
000
–
406
700
km)
Semi-major axis
384
399
km
(
1.28
ls
,
0.002
57
AU
)
[1]
Eccentricity
0.0549
[1]
Orbital period (sidereal)
27.321
661
d
(27 d 7 h 43 min 11.5 s
[1]
)
Orbital period (synodic)
29.530
589
d
(29 d 12 h 44 min 2.9 s)
Average
orbital speed
1.022
km/s
Inclination
5.145° to the
ecliptic
[2]
[a]
Longitude of ascending node
Regressing by one
revolution
in 18.61 years
Argument of perigee
Progressing by one
revolution in 8.85 years
Satellite of
Earth
[b]
[3]
Physical characteristics
Mean radius
1
737
.4 km
(0.2727 of Earth's)
[1]
[4]
[5]
Equatorial
radius
1
738
.1 km
(0.2725 of Earth's)
[4]
Polar
radius
1
736
.0 km
(0.2731 of Earth's)
[4]
Flattening
0.0012
[4]
Circumference
10
921
km
(
equatorial
)
Surface area
3.793
×
10
7
km
2
(0.074 of Earth's)
Volume
2.1958
×
10
10
km
3
(0.02 of Earth's)
[4]
Mass
7.342
×
10
22
kg
(
0.0123
of Earth's)
[1]
[4]
[6]
Mean
density
3.344
g/cm
3
[1]
[4]
0.606
× Earth
Surface gravity
1.622
m/s
2
(
0.1654
g
;
5.318
ft/s
2
)
[4]
Moment of inertia factor
0.3929
±
0.0009
[7]
Escape velocity
2.38 km/s
(
8
600
km/h;
5
300
mph)
Synodic rotation period
29.530
589
d
(29 d 12 h 44 min 2.9 s;
synodic; solar day
) (
spin-orbit locked
)
Sidereal rotation period
27.321
661
d
(spin-orbit locked)
Equatorial rotation velocity
4.627 m/s
Axial tilt
1.5424° to
ecliptic
[8]
6.687° to
orbit plane
[2]
24° to Earth's equator
[9]
North pole
right ascension
17
h
47
m
26
s
266.86°
[10]
North pole
declination
65.64°
[10]
Albedo
0.136
[11]
Surface
temp.
min
mean
max
Equator
100
K
[12]
250 K
390 K
[12]
85°N
150 K
230 K
[13]
here's what i found from wiki
SORRY SCIENCE NERD
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points)
thanks for those facts
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