furthest point
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At its closest point - or perigee - the Moon is about 220,000 miles away from Earth, whereas at its furthest point - or apogee - it is around 250,000 miles away.
From BBC • Nov. 2, 2025
At its furthest point, Jupiter is about 600 million miles away from Earth.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 25, 2022
The Northern Hemisphere, which includes the US, is tipped at its furthest point away from the sun when the winter solstice occurs, according to NASA.
From Fox News • Dec. 20, 2021
The third book from Los Angeles writer Wendy Ortiz extends this inward trajectory of dream writing to its furthest point: “Bruja” goes so far inward that the waking world doesn’t feature at all.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2016
At the furthest point Aragorn stooped and picked up something from the grass; then he ran back.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
