Our Moon reaches apogee, (furthest from Earth), for this orbit, on Friday October 30^th. For this apogee the 14-day old waxing gibbous Moon will be at a distance of 31.86 Earth diameters, 252,525 miles (406,400 km) from the Earth.

   On the date of the apogee the 14-day old waxing gibbous Moon will be 13-14^o from the planet Mars. The Moon will also be about 11^o west from the outer planet Uranus, and about 11^o east from Dwarf Planet Eris.

   Does our Moon actually go around the Earth as this graphic shows? From our perspective on the Earth the Moon appears to circle around the Earth. However, in reality, the Moon orbits the Sun together with the Earth^*
   *Click here to read my 2006 Scope on the Sky column “The Real Shape of the Moon’s Orbit”. (PDF)
   
   
   
   

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