perigee

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They occur when the Moon is "in perigee".

From BBC • Dec. 3, 2025

The Moon has an elliptical orbit and when it is at its closest point to the Earth we say that it is in perigee.

From BBC • Sep. 12, 2025

And when the full Moon - which occurs roughly every 29.5 days - coincides with the Moon's perigee, it appears bigger and brighter than usual and so we call it a supermoon.

From BBC • Nov. 14, 2024

In that position, known as perigee, the moon exerts its strongest gravitational pull, and the difference between high and low tides is the greatest.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2024

We walked through the rock garden where we sat together on the night of the perigee moon, and out into the canyon bed as the sun peeked over the rim.

From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith