The moon is already far away. Next week, it's about to be farther away

Once it reaches apogee, Earth’s closest celestial neighbor is about to look a little bit smaller in the night sky. On Friday, the moon is expected to reach apogee, one of several times during the year when it reaches the most distant point in its orbit around Earth, according to NASA. When the moon reaches this point on the ellipse (orbit), it is, on average, about 253,000 miles away from Earth, the agency stated. The moon’s regular distance from Earth is 238,855 miles, according to London’s Royal Museums Greenwich, which...