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The moon is getting further away, but slowing down. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tidal_acceleration#Quantitative_description_of_the_Earth%E2%80%93Moon_case ht

• Arnavion 6y ago
  To get to a higher orbit ("further away"), you need to go faster than what you're going right now. Once you're in the higher orbit, you're going slower than what you were going at in the lower orbit.