Moon distance and perigee calendar
Earth–Moon centre distance at 13 October 2026 at 12:00 BST: 398,069 km. Apparent diameter: 30.01 arcminutes.
- Phase
- Waxing Crescent
- Illumination
- 8.13%
- Lunar age
- 2.798 days
- Phase angle
- 32.71°
- Earth–Moon distance
- 398,069 km
- Brown lunation
- 1284
Distance through 2026-10
Daily Earth-centre distances at local noon in Europe/London; 364,438–404,480 km. Your surface location changes topocentric distance by up to about one Earth radius.
Next perigee and apogee
| Event | Local time | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Apogee | 16 October 2026 at 23:54 BST | 404632 km |
| Perigee | 28 October 2026 at 18:04 GMT | 364397 km |
2026 perigees and apogees
| Event | Local time | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Perigee | 1 January 2026 at 21:44 GMT | 360,336 km |
| Apogee | 13 January 2026 at 20:46 GMT | 405,429 km |
| Perigee | 29 January 2026 at 21:47 GMT | 365,860 km |
| Apogee | 10 February 2026 at 16:52 GMT | 404,567 km |
| Perigee | 24 February 2026 at 23:11 GMT | 370,125 km |
| Apogee | 10 March 2026 at 13:43 GMT | 404,374 km |
| Perigee | 22 March 2026 at 11:38 GMT | 366,846 km |
| Apogee | 7 April 2026 at 09:31 BST | 404,960 km |
| Perigee | 19 April 2026 at 07:55 BST | 361,618 km |
| Apogee | 4 May 2026 at 23:31 BST | 405,828 km |
| Perigee | 17 May 2026 at 14:44 BST | 358,064 km |
| Apogee | 1 June 2026 at 05:30 BST | 406,356 km |
| Perigee | 15 June 2026 at 00:20 BST | 357,186 km |
| Apogee | 28 June 2026 at 08:11 BST | 406,256 km |
| Perigee | 13 July 2026 at 08:56 BST | 359,102 km |
| Apogee | 25 July 2026 at 17:44 BST | 405,538 km |
| Perigee | 10 August 2026 at 12:18 BST | 363,273 km |
| Apogee | 22 August 2026 at 09:20 BST | 404,632 km |
| Perigee | 6 September 2026 at 21:44 BST | 368,249 km |
| Apogee | 19 September 2026 at 03:59 BST | 404,210 km |
| Perigee | 1 October 2026 at 21:52 BST | 369,324 km |
| Apogee | 16 October 2026 at 23:54 BST | 404,632 km |
| Perigee | 28 October 2026 at 18:04 GMT | 364,397 km |
| Apogee | 13 November 2026 at 17:50 GMT | 405,608 km |
| Perigee | 25 November 2026 at 21:02 GMT | 359,335 km |
| Apogee | 11 December 2026 at 06:44 GMT | 406,407 km |
| Perigee | 24 December 2026 at 08:32 GMT | 356,641 km |
Perigee is the closest point of an orbit; apogee is the farthest. Distance is between Earth’s and the Moon’s centres. The Moon’s mean distance is about 384,400 km; one astronomical unit is about 149.6 million km.