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Moon
Moon · Natural satellite orbiting Earth
About the Moon
On 2026-01-01, the date the map shows, the Moon was 0.985 AU from the Sun; sunlight takes 8.19 minutes to reach it.
It goes round its planet once every 27.29 days, 384,469 km away on average.
It is about 3,475 km across.
The map lists it as a moon and shows it in the Solar System part of the map, drawn on the plane of Earth’s orbit (the ecliptic).
Key numbers
| Orbit radius (semi-major axis) | 384,469 km |
|---|---|
| Orbital period | 27.29 days |
| Eccentricity | 0.0629 |
| Inclination | 5.06° |
| Mass | 7.35 × 10²² kg |
| Radius | 1,737.4 km |
| Distance from the Sun | 0.985 AU |
Where it is
Its place in the universe, from the inside out: Earth › Solar System › Orion–Cygnus Arm (Local Arm) › Milky Way › Local Group › Virgo Supercluster › Laniakea Supercluster › Observable universe.
Zoom out to see it in context: Earth and Moon, a view about 0.008 AU across.
From Wikipedia
The Moon is the only natural satellite of Earth. It orbits Earth in an elliptical path, at a distance that varies over the year, averaging around 378,000 kilometers (235,000 mi). It completes an orbit in relation to Earth and the Sun (synodically) every 29.5 days.
Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Moon, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.