Apogee

Apogee – A point in a satellite’s orbit when the satellite is at its furthest distance from its host.

The image shows the Moon (see arrow) near apogee, that is, at the Moon’s furthest point from Earth in the Moon’s orbit around the Earth.

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap160913.html

Author: Jazmine Esparza, UCF Undergraduate 2017
Editor: Patrick Joiner, UCF Interdisciplinary Studies, Class of 2018
Senior Editor: M.M. Montgomery, Ph.D, UCF Physics