Cool Astronomy News and Answer to if the moon were a cube September 14 and 15 Cool Astronomy today! • Although the Moon reached its new phase on Sunday, it returns to view low in the west shortly after sunset on Monday. Look for Mercury 7° to the Moon’s left. • The Moon reaches apogee, the farthest point in its orbit around Earth at 406,464 kilometers from Earth’s center. https://trinket.io/glowscript/0b1e6297c3