more closely than it has in the past 18 years, lighting up the night sky from just 221,567 miles (356,577 kilometers)
IOW, ~900 km closer than 2004...0.25% closer.
Mar 8 1993 8:36 356529 km: so did the world end in 1993, when the distance was almost identical?
How about 1975? Feb 25 21:58 356519 km...oh, even closer yet!
Guess I won't worry this time, either.
