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The animation showcases the Moon's historic landing sites, its elliptical orbit around Earth, and highlights of its southern hemisphere. It highlights Apollo mission sites, demonstrates the Moon's orbital path and its changing distance, and offers a glimpse of diverse lunar features like impact basins, highlands, and polar regions.

The animation showcases the Moon's historic landing sites, its elliptical orbit around Earth, and highlights of its northern hemisphere. It highlights Apollo mission sites, demonstrates the Moon's orbital path and its changing distance, and offers a glimpse of diverse lunar features like impact basins, highlands, and polar regions.

The Moon's average distance from Earth is about 384,400 kilometers (238,855 miles). However, due to its slightly elliptical orbit, this distance can vary. At its closest point (perigee), the Moon can be around 363,300 kilometers (225,623 miles) away from Earth, while at its farthest point (apogee), it can be about 405,500 kilometers (251,902 miles) away. This variation in distance is responsible for the Moon's changing apparent size in the sky.

The Moon's terrain includes flat volcanic seas (maria), rugged highlands, crater-filled areas, winding rilles, loose regolith, impact ejecta, and unique lunar swirls. This diverse landscape is shaped by ancient volcanic activity, impacts from asteroids and comets, and the absence of erosion.

The phase and libration of the Moon, at hourly intervals.

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