Recent Close Moon Approaches

Refreshed at 1651 UTC on 11 February 2012

This is a list of 87 objects that passed closer to the Moon than the distance between Earth and Moon during the 1868 days since 1 Jan. 2007, when this timeline begins. We don't have uncertainty info for these passages, but the order of the problem is indicated for objects having more than four minutes of uncertainty in JPL's Earth-passage calculations.

All data on this page comes from the NASA JPL Solar System Dynamics (SSD) Group through its Horizons system. JPL is not affiliated with this page or A/CC, and responsibility for the interpretation of the data and its use here rests entirely with A/CC.

LD-Details
0.160-2011 UT at 0516 UTC on 13 Oct. 2011
0.238-2008 EF32 at 2156 UTC on 9 March 2008 - Note: JPL reports an Earth approach uncertainty of 1 hour and 1 minute.
0.245-2009 EJ1 at 0951 UTC on 27 Feb. 2009 - Note: JPL reports an Earth approach uncertainty of 1 hour and 56 minutes.
0.281-2010 RF12 at 1355 UTC on 9 Sept. 2010
0.356-2007 UO6 at 0731 UTC on 17 Oct. 2007 - Note: JPL reports an Earth approach uncertainty of 6 minutes.
0.409-2010 RK53 at 1419 UTC on 8 Sept. 2010
0.416-2009 KR21 at 0608 UTC on 1 June 2009
0.421-2009 FK at 1128 UTC on 20 March 2009
0.439-2008 JL24 at 1014 UTC on 9 May 2008
0.476-2010 DJ1 at 2224 UTC on 21 Feb. 2010
0.495-2010 JL88 at 1138 UTC on 17 May 2010
0.510-2010 TN55 at 2221 UTC on 10 Oct. 2010
0.522-2008 GF1 at 2234 UTC on 7 April 2008
0.548-2012 BV1 at 1747 UTC on 20 Jan. 2012
0.558-2010 UY7 at 0028 UTC on 27 Oct. 2010
0.563-2008 BC15 at 1504 UTC on 31 Jan. 2008
0.584-2011 CF22 at 0632 UTC on 6 Feb. 2011 - Note: JPL reports an Earth approach uncertainty of 31 minutes.
0.591-2007 UD6 at 1031 UTC on 18 Oct. 2007
0.599-2011 OD18 at 0645 UTC on 28 July 2011
0.606-2007 CC27 at 1410 UTC on 11 Feb. 2007
0.606-2011 GW9 at 1143 UTC on 6 April 2011
0.609-2011 CQ1 at 1136 UTC on 5 Feb. 2011
0.612-2011 FQ6 at 0022 UTC on 24 March 2011
0.615-2011 GP59 at 1514 UTC on 15 April 2011
0.618-2008 EA9 at 0429 UTC on 4 Feb. 2008
0.623-308635 2005 YU55 at 0713 UTC on 9 Nov. 2011
0.624-2007 JB21 at 2228 UTC on 8 May 2007
0.624-2011 XC2 at 1619 UTC on 3 Dec. 2011
0.630-2007 VF189 at 0841 UTC on 14 Nov. 2007
0.648-2011 PU1 at 0127 UTC on 25 July 2011
0.648-2009 TM8 at 1131 UTC on 17 Oct. 2011 - Note: JPL reports an Earth approach uncertainty of 6 hours and 43 minutes.
0.649-2009 FP32 at 0038 UTC on 1 April 2009
0.666-2007 US51 at 1055 UTC on 30 Oct. 2007
0.672-2011 JA at 1306 UTC on 25 April 2011
0.684-2011 BY10 at 2004 UTC on 20 Jan. 2011
0.690-2010 WA at 2035 UTC on 16 Nov. 2010
0.701-2011 SE58 at 0838 UTC on 27 Sept. 2011
0.709-2009 TB at 0420 UTC on 1 Oct. 2009 - Note: JPL reports an Earth approach uncertainty of 2 hours and 6 minutes.
0.710-2009 WP6 at 1030 UTC on 15 Nov. 2009 - Note: JPL reports an Earth approach uncertainty of 6 minutes.
0.711-2011 JV10 at 2254 UTC on 4 May 2011
0.715-2011 TO at 0353 UTC on 28 Sept. 2011
0.721-2010 TW54 at 1201 UTC on 8 Oct. 2010
0.721-2010 TE55 at 0147 UTC on 17 Oct. 2010
0.727-2010 AL30 at 0007 UTC on 14 Jan. 2010
0.738-2009 JF1 at 1642 UTC on 5 May 2009
0.755-2008 VB4 at 1952 UTC on 3 Nov. 2008 - Note: JPL reports an Earth approach uncertainty of 56 minutes.
0.758-2010 UE at 1042 UTC on 16 Oct. 2010 - Note: JPL reports an Earth approach uncertainty of 14 minutes.
0.763-2012 BX34 at 0043 UTC on 28 Jan. 2012
0.768-2007 RS1 at 0328 UTC on 5 Sept. 2007
0.778-2007 EK at 0955 UTC on 13 March 2007
0.778-2011 CA7 at 2245 UTC on 9 Feb. 2011
0.786-2003 XV at 2144 UTC on 6 Dec. 2011
0.786-2012 AQ at 1126 UTC on 28 Dec. 2011
0.790-2011 YC40 at 1746 UTC on 27 Dec. 2011
0.793-2007 DN41 at 0225 UTC on 21 Feb. 2007
0.793-2011 MD at 0745 UTC on 28 June 2011
0.796-2011 SO189 at 0500 UTC on 24 Sept. 2011
0.806-2010 VW194 at 0425 UTC on 13 Nov. 2010
0.806-2008 GY21 at 1500 UTC on 9 April 2008 - Note: JPL reports an Earth approach uncertainty of 7 minutes.
0.810-2010 VC140 at 1658 UTC on 12 Nov. 2010
0.822-2011 UX255 at 1434 UTC on 28 Oct. 2011
0.822-2011 YB63 at 0009 UTC on 2 Jan. 2012
0.822-2008 FK at 1816 UTC on 23 March 2008
0.824-2010 TD54 at 1248 UTC on 12 Oct. 2010
0.825-2011 AN52 at 1729 UTC on 17 Jan. 2011
0.851-2007 UN12 at 0147 UTC on 17 Oct. 2007
0.860-2011 AM37 at 0537 UTC on 10 Jan. 2011
0.865-2009 HK73 at 0253 UTC on 27 April 2009
0.876-2011 EB74 at 1708 UTC on 16 March 2011 - Note: JPL reports an Earth approach uncertainty of 48 minutes.
0.882-2007 TX22 at 1828 UTC on 12 Oct. 2007 - Note: JPL reports an Earth approach uncertainty of 7 minutes.
0.885-2009 FH at 0502 UTC on 19 March 2009
0.887-2010 RX30 at 1952 UTC on 8 Sept. 2010
0.896-2009 TD17 at 0115 UTC on 6 Oct. 2009 - Note: JPL reports an Earth approach uncertainty of 8 minutes.
0.901-2009 EW at 0020 UTC on 6 March 2009
0.902-2010 XB at 1608 UTC on 30 Nov. 2010
0.920-2008 US at 2354 UTC on 20 Oct. 2008 - Note: JPL reports an Earth approach uncertainty of 5 minutes.
0.927-2009 VA at 1922 UTC on 6 Nov. 2009 - Note: JPL reports an Earth approach uncertainty of 22 minutes.
0.948-2008 FP at 1027 UTC on 29 March 2008
0.949-2011 BW11 at 0719 UTC on 25 Jan. 2011
0.957-2008 CT1 at 1341 UTC on 5 Feb. 2008 - Note: JPL reports an Earth approach uncertainty of 14 minutes.
0.979-2010 VP139 at 1925 UTC on 11 Nov. 2010 - Note: JPL reports an Earth approach uncertainty of 17 hours and 23 minutes.
0.983-2008 VM at 0002 UTC on 4 Nov. 2008
0.996-2011 GP28 at 0036 UTC on 7 April 2011 - Note: JPL reports an Earth approach uncertainty of 5 minutes.
0.996-2009 WJ6 at 1509 UTC on 20 Nov. 2009
1.004-2008 TN9 at 0320 UTC on 3 Oct. 2008 - Note: JPL reports an Earth approach uncertainty of 48 minutes.

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