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∙ 16y agoThat is true.
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∙ 16y agoNot necessarily. The moon orbits the earth once per lunar cycle which is roughly once per month. Each orbit has a point of perigee (closest approach to earth) and apogee (farthest approach to earth). I could be mistaken, but I don't believe there is anything special about the month of August regarding the moon's perigee.
When the Earth moves around the Sun, we say that it is orbiting the Sun.
The Troposphere is the closest to earth.
Our moons average distance from the Earth is 238,854 miles (384,399 km). However the Moon's orbit is elliptical and the distance therefore varies during its orbit though, from around 252,088 miles (405,696 km) at its furthest (Apogee) to 225,622 miles (363,104 km) at its closest (Perigee).
If you're talking about the atmosphere, the troposphere is the closest layer to the Earth.
Perigee relates to the orbit of the moon. For example, perigee is defined as the moment when the moon is orbiting "closest" to the Earth. Apogee, the opposite of perigee, is when the moon is orbiting "farthest" away from the Earth.
It is the earth's perihelion or, less conventionally, the sun's perigee.
The point is called a perigee.
"Perigee".
The moon is said to be at its Perigee when at its closest point to the Earth, Apogee when at its furthest point. Perigee and Apogee can also be used for other objects when orbiting about the Earth. If we talk about objects orbiting the sun (such as the planets) we use the term Perihelion and Aphelion (the helion part coming from the latin name of helios for the sun). If the perigee coincides with a full moon, we get a `supermoon`. The moon is at its largest circumference as it is at its closest, and is also full.
. . . perigee .
The side of the orbit of the moon that is closest to the Earth is the lunar perigee.
Perigee
Perigee.
They occur about once a year. Called perigee-syzygy or perigee moons by the astronomical community, they occur when a full or new moon (syzygy) is closest in its orbit to the earth (perigee), when the sun, earth and moon are aligned.
perigee
The closest the Moon gets to Earth is it perigee which is:-363,104 km225 622 Miles0.0024 AU