The Moon at Perigee – Closest to Earth!

🌕✨ The Moon at Perigee – Closest to Earth!
📅 Date: 10 September 2025
🕔 Time: 17:39 IST

🚀 Tonight, the Moon makes its closest approach to Earth in its orbit — just 356,500 km away! It’s called Perigee, and it makes the Moon appear slightly larger and brighter in the sky 🌕

🌌 The Moon’s orbit isn’t a perfect circle — it’s an ellipse, causing its distance from Earth to vary each month by nearly 50,000 km!

🔭 At perigee:
📏 Distance: 356,500 km
📐 Angular Size: 33.5 arcmin (vs. 29.4 at apogee)
💡 Appears ~14% larger and brighter!

✨ Look up tonight — you may just notice the “super-sized” Moon rising with extra charm!