"Tudor Hughes" wrote in message
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On Mar 19, 10:12 pm, Yokel wrote:

The moon is always closer to the earth than average at new moon
and full moon, slightly more so in the latter case,

(snip)

Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey.

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Tudor

I assume you mean that the average earth-moon distance at new and
(especially) full moons is greater than the overall average, but do you have
chapter and verse for this? I am not challenging the statement, but I had
never heard it before and I am curious.

Regards, Roger