• Question: How far is the moon from the earth?

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      Asked by magda to Jenni on 24 Jun 2016.
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        Jenni Rodd answered on 24 Jun 2016:

        The moon is nearly 400,000 km away from the earth. But it varies as the moon doesn’t travel in a perfect circle around the earth. Also scientists have worked out that it is moving very slowly away from the earth – about 4cm per year.

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