Perigee

• Perigee is the point in an Elliptical Orbit when the Satellite Planet is farthest from its host Planet.
• Apogee is the point in an elliptical orbit when the satellite planet is nearest to its parent planet.

The Anomalistic Month

• The Moons’ anomalistic month is 27 Days, 13 Hours, 18 Minutes, 33.2 seconds.
  • This is the time taken for the Moon to complete its Elliptical orbit around the Earth, from Perigee when it is nearest to Earth, to Apogee when it is farthest from Earth, and back to Perigee.