The gravitational force between the Moon and Earth depends on:
D) their masses and distance between the objects.
According to Newton's law of universal gravitation, the gravitational force \( F \) between two objects is directly proportional to the product of their masses \( m_1 \) and \( m_2 \) and inversely proportional to the square of the distance \( r \) between their centers:
\[ F = G \frac{m_1 m_2}{r^2} \]
where \( G \) is the gravitational constant. Thus, both the masses and the distance between the objects are essential factors in determining the gravitational force.
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