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For certain types of queries, Wolfram Alpha gives wonderful answers that are superior to almost every other general purpose search engine:

distance to the moon

https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=distance+to+the+moon

W.A. shows the actual current distance to the moon (as of right now, 224,520 miles). Google shows this as 238,900 miles, presumably an average value, but it has no explanation at all of what the number is. W.A. also includes a graph showing the variance. And a lot of other info.