The Moon at Perigee

The Moon at Perigee

The Moon’s orbit around Earth is elliptical. The point of the orbit closest to Earth is called perigee, while the point farthest from Earth is known as apogee. The Moon reaches perigee, the closest point in its orbit to Earth, tonight at 10:42 pm when it will be...
Moon and Life on Earth

Moon and Life on Earth

An image taken through a smartphone during one of our sessions Often in our nightly shows we look at our nearest neighbour the Moon. And we take it so much for granted. Questions as to how it formed – what effect it has on us and what would happen it we didn’t...