Science Questions

How far away is the Sun from the moon?

Chris -   The Moon is pretty close.  It’s about a quarter of a million miles to the moon and it’s about 100 million miles to the Sun, give or take.  

So, when the Moon is on one side of the Earth, closest to the Sun, it’s about 99 and 3 quarter million miles between the Moon and the Sun.

When it’s around the other side, so the Earth is between the Sun and the moon, then it’s about one hundred million plus about a quarter of a million miles, so a hundred and a quarter million miles between the Sun and the Moon!

March 2010