Yes, but you could never signal faster than the information arriving on earth in a straight line at the speed of light. To understand why picture the triangle

Yes, but you could never signal faster than the information arriving on earth in a straight line at the speed of light. To understand why picture the triangle between the start point (A), end point (B) and the moon (M). The distance AMB is larger than AB. Google or Wikipedia 'light cone', pretty interesting stuff.