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How far is the moon from the earth?

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The average center-to-center distance from the Earth to the Moon is 238,857 miles (384,403 kilometers), about thirty times the diameter of the Earth. The average distance between the Moon and the Earth is 384,403 kilometers (238,857 miles).
The moon's orbit is not a perfect circle, it is an ellipse. This means the distance isn't constant. There is a minimum and a maximum. The distance fluctuates between 363,104 kilometers and 405,696 kilometers (225,622 to 252,088 miles) due to the eccentricity of the Moon's orbit.
*Other sources may list a perigee of 356,375 to 356,567 km and an apogee of 406,660 to 406,720 km. It is important to note that orbital distances are calculated between the center of the Earth and the center of the moon.
Due to tidal forces (the rotation of the earth keeps the ocean's tidal bulge a little ahead of the moon), the moon constantly being pulled into a slightly higher orbit and recedes at a rate of roughly 3.8 cm (1.5 inches) per year. When there was only one continent the recession rate was lower.







The distance fluctuates between 363,104 kilometers and 405,696 kilometers (225,622 to 252,088 miles)due to the eccentricity of the Moon's orbit.
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