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Perhaps you mean "... from the Earth"? Like any other object that goes around another object in an orbit, the Moon goes around the Earth in an ellipse. Sometimes it is closer to Earth, sometimes farther. The closest point is known either as perigee, or by the more generic term periapsis. The farthest point is apogee, or apapsis. The difference in distance between perigee and apogee is not enormous; you don't see much difference with the unaided eye.

It seems the next apogee is Nov. 22, 2009; but please note that this is unrelated to the Moon's phases.

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