{
  "question": "Was today the moon at perigee?",
  "url": "https://was.today/the-moon-at-perigee",
  "verdict": "no",
  "headline": "NO",
  "answer": "No — perigee comes tomorrow, October 28, 2026, at 2:04 PM EDT, at about 364,400 km.",
  "details": [
    "Perigee: Wed, Oct 28, 2026, 18:04 UTC (2:04 PM EDT)",
    "Distance at that perigee: roughly 364,400 km",
    "Today the moon is a 97% waning gibbous, day 16 of its cycle"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Time and Date",
      "url": "https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/moon/distance.html?year=2027&n=3810#1"
    },
    {
      "title": "time.now",
      "url": "https://time.now/panipat/moon/?month=10&year=2026"
    },
    {
      "title": "Lumara",
      "url": "https://lumara-space.app/moon-distance-today.html"
    }
  ],
  "date": "2026-10-27",
  "place": "Columbus, OH, US",
  "permalink": "https://was.today/the-moon-at-perigee/2026-10-27/us/oh/columbus",
  "scope": "local",
  "volatile": false,
  "generatedAt": "2026-10-27T04:48:14.992Z"
}