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Is the Earth closer to the Moon or Venus?

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Elissa Gutmann

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The moon, which is, by far, the closest celestial object to Earth. The moon varies between about 220,000 and 250,000 miles from Earth. Venus never comes closer than 24,000,000 miles.

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