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Georgelemental | on: Lunar Flyby
To add: this happens because the parts of the Moon that are closer to the Earth are pulled in more by Earth's gravity, compared to the ones further away.
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The missing piece of information: the moon is not perfectly sphere shaped, the bulge has more mass, and is attracted by the earth more.