How to Use perigee in a Sentence

perigee

noun

• The Moon was at apogee on March 6, and will be at perigee on March 19.
  — Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 11 Mar. 2011
• The Supermoon is when the Moon is full and at perigee, right?
  — Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 19 May 2012
• During the lunar perigee, the mass of the moon tugs on Earth and expands the tidal bulge.
  — Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 31 Mar. 2021
• When the moon is closest to Earth, astronomers call it perigee.
  — Sarah Brookbank, Cincinnati.com, 9 Mar. 2020
• New moons at perigee will occur again on Feb. 9, March 10 and April 8.
  — Paul Duginski, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2024
• For most of its orbit, the full moon and the perigee do not coincide.
  — Sarah Raza, Detroit Free Press, 12 July 2022
• Full moons on March 9 and April 7 will occur during the moon's perigee.
  — Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2020
• On November 1, Jupiter was at a very close distance to the Earth called perigee.
  — Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com, 28 Dec. 2023
• The difference between a perigee and an apogee is a small fraction of that.
  — Robin Andrews, Forbes, 26 May 2021
• In contrast, a supermoon occurs when the moon is closest to the Earth, or the perigee.
  — Angela Eichhorst, CNN, 18 Dec. 2021
• These happen when the moon’s orbit is the closest to Earth (or in perigee) during a full moon.
  — Arianna Johnson, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
• This happens when the full moon falls at perigee – its closest point to Earth in its orbit.
  — Carlie Procell, The Courier-Journal, 25 Jan. 2024
• This Pink Moon is also a supermoon, which is when the moon is full at its perigee — a.k.a.
  — Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com, 7 Apr. 2020
• In the case of what’s informally known as a super full moon, it’s both full and at perigee.
  — Brian McNoldy, The Conversation, 23 Apr. 2021
• When a full moon occurs right at perigee, it is known as a supermoon.
  — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2017
• When the moon is full and its orbit is closest to Earth, the moon is in perigee – the technical name for a super moon.
  — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2024
• Since the moon’s orbital path around Earth is a slight ellipse, there’s a near-point (perigee) and a far-point (apogee) every month.
  — Jamie Carter, Forbes, 14 Sep. 2024
• Astronomers call it not a supermoon, but a perigee full Moon.
  — Jamie Carter, Forbes, 25 June 2021
• And because the size of the moon's orbit varies slightly over time, each month's perigee is not always the same distance from Earth.
  — Andrew Fazekas, National Geographic, 12 Dec. 2016
• And because the size of the moon's orbit varies slightly over time, each month's perigee is not always the same distance from Earth.
  — Jordan Mansfield, National Geographic, 10 Nov. 2016
• Extreme perigees and apogees, or the most distant point in the orbit, happen on a predictable basis.
  — Fox News, 6 Feb. 2020
• That’s because the moon’s orbital path around Earth is a slight ellipse, so there’s always a near-point (perigee) and a far-point (apogee) every month.
  — Jamie Carter, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
• Tonight, we’ll be treated to dazzling full moon that will appear extra large thanks to being in perigee.
  — Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, 7 Apr. 2020
• Very high ocean tides can be expected from the coincidence of perigee with full moon.
  — Todd Nelson, Star Tribune, 23 May 2021
• And because the size of the moon's orbit varies slightly with each lunar cycle, perigee is not always the same distance from month to month.
  — Andrew Fazekas, National Geographic, 19 Mar. 2019
• It’s used for those full moons occurring during perigee.
  — Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2023
• As a result, the two small satellites were injected into an orbit with a perigee of just 76 km.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 12 Aug. 2022
• The pink perigee moon was visible through the windows, floating beside us like a loyal owl.
  — Karen Russell, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2021
• The term supermoon refers to a full moon that coincides with the lunar orb’s closest approach to Earth, or perigee.
  — Bill Ingalls, National Geographic, 14 Nov. 2016
• The New Year’s Day supermoon, a full moon quite close to perigee (the moon’s closest point to Earth in its lunar cycle), marked the closest the moon will be to our planet in 2018.
  — Blaine Friedlander, Washington Post, 2 Jan. 2018

Last Updated: 3 Dec 2024