The wide "overhead" view of the Moon shows enough of the lunar orbit (slightly curved grey line) to infer the Moon's current position in its orbit around Earth, while the smaller view in the lower right corner shows the current Phase We See From Earth and links to ad- ditional lunar info. The views above reveal the current circumstances of this fundamental relationship, as well as the cur- rent Earth-Moon center-to-center distance in Earth equatorial diameters. It is the Moon's orbital position (around Earth and relative to the Sun) that determines the lunar phase we see from Earth. Moon Distances (in Earth equatorial diameters): Min Perigee = 27.9, Average Distance = 30.1, Max Apogee = 31.9
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