Yes, it is true. It is almost 3 miles high
Answer: There are quite a few reasons as to why he changed religion. One of the main ones was that his wife urged him to become a christian and her persistence eventually persuaded him.
Explanation:
In distance, it's something like maybe 245,000 miles ... corresponding to the
several Apollo missions during which a Command and Service module entered
lunar orbit and swung around the back side of the moon with astronauts aboard.
The farthest from Earth that a human has ever gone <em>and walked on solid ground</em>
is roughly 238,000 miles, corresponding to the six Apollo missions that landed
six pairs of astronauts on the near side of the surface of the moon, between 1969
and 1972 .
I'm pretty sure they are talking about the revolution of the moon orbiting the Earth. (Which is going counterclockwise) I'm not 100% sure though.