If you could fly to the Moon at a constant speed of 1000 kilometers per hour, which is the speed of a fast passenger jet, it would take sixteen days to get there.
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The average distance from the Earth to the Moon is about 384,400 kilometers. This distance can be calculated by measuring the straight line distance between the centers of the Earth and the Moon. The formula to calculate this is often derived from the Pythagorean theorem in three-dimensional space, taking into account the radius of the Earth and the distance between the Earth and the Moon as the other two sides of a right-angled triangle.
The exact distance changes, as the moon revolves around the earth in its orbit and as the earth rotates. A reasonable figure for the average distance between the United States and the moon is 238,000 miles.
The Moon is closer to Earth than Mars. The average distance between Earth and the Moon is about 238,855 miles (384,400 kilometers), while the average distance between Earth and Mars is about 140 million miles (225 million kilometers).
Virtually the same as the distance between Earth and Venus, which varies greatly according to where each is in its orbit. At its closest to Earth, Venus is still more than 100 times as far from Earth as the Moon.
Neptune is farther from Earth than the Moon. The average distance between Earth and the Moon is about 384,400 kilometers, whereas the average distance between Earth and Neptune is about 4.3 billion kilometers.