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The gravitational attraction between the Earth and the Moon changes each day because the distance between the Earth and the Moon changes each day. This is because the orbit of the Moon around the Earth is not purely circular - it is elliptical - with an apogee of about 406,000 kilometers, and a perigee of about 363,000 kilometers.

Gravitational attraction between two objects is proportional to their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.

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