Lunar Perigee and Apogee Calculator  2005

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To display the date, time, and distance of lunar perigees and apogees for a given year, enter the year in the box below and press "Calculate". Depending on the speed of your computer, it may take a while for the results to appear in
the text boxes. This page requires your browser to support JavaScript, and that JavaScript be enabled; all computation is done on your own computer so you can, if you wish, save this page in a file and use it even when not connected
to the Internet.

                                                                Year:     2005
              Perigee                            Apogee
---------------------------------   ---------------------------------
Jan 10 10:08 356571 km -- N-   1h   Jan 23 18:55 406442 km +  F-1d15h
Feb  7 22:10 358563 km    N-1d 0h   Feb 20  5:00 405805 km    F-3d23h
Mar  8  3:43 363234 km    N-2d 5h   Mar 19 22:55 404847 km    F-5d22h
Apr  4 11:11 368490 km    N-4d 9h   Apr 16 18:42 404302 km    F-7d15h
Apr 29 10:00 369028 km    F+4d23h   May 14 13:42 404600 km    N+6d 4h
May 26 10:44 364240 km    F+2d14h   Jun 11  6:13 405505 km    N+4d 8h
Jun 23 11:50 359674 km    F+1d 7h   Jul  8 17:40 406362 km -  N+2d 5h
Jul 21 19:46 357159 km    F+   8h   Aug  4 21:50 406629 km -- N-   5h
Aug 19  5:33 357395 km    F-  12h   Sep  1  2:36 406209 km -  N-2d16h
Sep 16 13:59 360405 km    F-1d12h   Sep 28 15:21 405306 km    N-4d19h
Oct 14 13:51 365449 km    F-2d22h   Oct 26  9:36 404492 km    N-6d15h
Nov 10  0:16 370013 km    F-6d 0h   Nov 23  6:19 404370 km    F+7d 5h
Dec  5  4:33 367364 km    N+3d13h   Dec 21  2:50 405013 km    F+5d10h
 

                                                                              Perigees and Apogees
          New                      Full
                            2004 Dec 26 15:07
   2005 Jan 10 12:04        2005 Jan 25 10:33
   2005 Feb  8 22:30        2005 Feb 24  4:55
   2005 Mar 10  9:13        2005 Mar 25 21:01
   2005 Apr  8 20:35        2005 Apr 24 10:09
   2005 May  8  8:49        2005 May 23 20:21
   2005 Jun  6 21:58        2005 Jun 22  4:16
   2005 Jul  6 12:05        2005 Jul 21 11:03
   2005 Aug  5  3:06        2005 Aug 19 17:55
   2005 Sep  3 18:46        2005 Sep 18  2:02
   2005 Oct  3 10:28        2005 Oct 17 12:14
   2005 Nov  2  1:24        2005 Nov 16  0:57
   2005 Dec  1 15:00        2005 Dec 15 16:16
   2005 Dec 31  3:12        2006 Jan 14  9:48
 

                                                                              New and Full Moons
 
 

The Perigee and Apogee Table

All dates and times are Universal time (UTC); to convert to local time add or subtract the difference between your time zone and UTC, remembering to include any additional offset due to summer time for dates when it is in effect. For
each perigee and apogee the distance in kilometres between the centres of the Earth and Moon is given. Perigee and apogee distances are usually accurate to within a few kilometres compared to values calculated with the definitive
ELP 2000-82 theory of the lunar orbit; the maximum error over the years 1977 through 2022 is 12 km in perigee distance and 6 km at apogee.

The closest perigee and most distant apogee of the year are marked with "++" if closer in time to full Moon or "--" if closer to new Moon. Other close-to-maximum apogees and perigees are flagged with a single character, again
indicating the nearer phase. Following the flags is the interval between the moment of perigee or apogee and the closest new or full phase; extrema cluster on the shorter intervals, with a smaller bias toward months surrounding the
Earth's perihelion in early January. "F" indicates the perigee or apogee is closer to full Moon, and "N" that new Moon is closer. The sign indicates whether the perigee or apogee is before ("-") or after ("+") the indicated phase, followed
by the interval in days and hours. Scan for plus signs to find "photo opportunities" where the Moon is full close to apogee and perigee.

The Moon Phase Table

This table gives the time of all new and full Moons in the indicated year, as well as the last phase of the preceding year and the first phase of the next year.