What is the distance between the Sun and the moon?

Now, we can actually get a little more precise here. The Earth actually takes an elliptical path around the Sun. It ranges in distance from 147 million km to 152 million km. So the Moon can actually range in this distance as well. But wait, we can get even more precise. read more

So the closest point that the Moon can get to the Sun is when the Earth is at its closest point in orbit, and the Moon is most distant from the Earth. The closest point that the Moon can actually get to the Sun is 146,692,378 km. read more

The Moon takes an elliptical orbit around the Earth. Sometimes it gets as close as 363,000 km, and other times it gets as far as 406,000 km. So the closest point that the Moon can get to the Sun is when the Earth is at its closest point in orbit, and the Moon is most distant from the Earth. read more

During a solar eclipse, the Moon is in between the Earth and the Sun, but much, much closer to the Earth than the Sun. The precise distance would depend upon where the Earth is in its orbit; at perihelion the Earth is about 146 million kilometers from the Sun, while at aphelion the Earth is about 152 million kilometers from the Sun. read more