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Basically what the title says! But also, have we ever gone to the moon while it was further from the sun in earth’s orbit, closer to Mars?

This Artemis II mission has gotten me very curious about the relative positions of the earth, moon, and sun during the drive-by. I’ve been scouring the internet for animations or images, but ones that include where the spacecraft, earth, and moon are relative to the sun at the exact moments of observation are so few and far between. I couldn’t find any for Apollo 13’s mission either! Why is that?