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I meant that the Earth is closer to Mars than the Moon is, not that Mars is closer to Earth than the Moon is (of course it isn't, that would make for a big, big blood moon)



Oh, in that case then the relevant metric is probably delta-v in which case the Moon is always a lot closer to Mars than th Earth is. See here:

http://i.imgur.com/SqdzxzF.png




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