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The average distance between the Earth and the Moon is 384 400 km (238 855 miles)
The Moon is an average of 238,855 miles away from Earth, which is about 30 Earths away. You might be surprised. Often when we see drawings of the Earth and the Moon, they look really close together. Don’t be fooled! They’re actually really far apart. The Moon is an average of 238,855 miles (384,400 km) away.
The distance of The Moon from Earth is currently 370,123 kilometers, equivalent to 0.002474 Astronomical Units. Light takes 1.2346 seconds to travel from The Moon and arrive to us.