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In apse
…generally used; if the Earth, perigee and apogee. Periastron and apastron refer to an orbit around a star, and perijove and apojove refer to an orbit around Jupiter.
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Earth-Moon system

In Moon: Principal characteristics of the Earth-Moon system
…when the Moon is near perigee, observers along the path of the Moon’s dark inner shadow (umbra) see a total eclipse. If the Moon is near apogee, it does not quite cover the Sun; the resulting eclipse is annular, and observers can see a thin ring of the solar disk…
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full moon

In full moon
…orbit closest to Earth (perigee), it can appear from Earth as much as 14 percent larger in the sky than at its farthest point (apogee). When a full moon occurs close to the perigee, it is often regarded as a supermoon, a term coined in the 1970s. This phenomenon…
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