brightspark said:

mutley said:

the moon is very interesting

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The moon has an apogee and a perigee, because its orbit is elliptical:
apogee " further away,

perigee " closest part of the orbit.

The period between successive apogees and perigees is known as an anomalistic month, or 27.56 days.

Amazing info can be found on the internet when you're looking for it !!!!!!

Think I need one of these now ¦.  

 All I know is that when I came home the other evening to my little house on the hill, with no street lights and me thinking that I should have left a light on, it was very dark and having to negotiate a wheelbarrow, several piles of builder's rubbish and plant pots, the above information would have been very useful.  I shall mark on the calendar the rise and fall of the said object and organise my social life accordingly....or buy a torch and keep it in the car........