Moon and Earth
Moon (Earth’s natural satellite) and Earth (planet) side by side – to scale and in numbers.
| Moon | Earth | Moon ÷ Earth | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diameter | 3,475 km | 12,756 km | 0.27 × |
| Mass | 7.30 × 10²² kg | 5.97 × 10²⁴ kg | 0.01 × |
| Surface gravity | 1.60 m/s² | 9.80 m/s² | 0.16 × |
| Density | 3,340 kg/m³ | 5,514 kg/m³ | 0.61 × |
| Mean temperature | -20 °C | 15 °C | |
| Mean distance from the Sun | 149.6 million km with Earth |
149.6 million km | 1.00 × |
| Length of day | 29.5 days sunrise to sunrise |
24.0 h | 29.5 × |
| Year (orbit around the Sun) | 365.2 days (1.00 years) with Earth |
365.2 days (1.00 years) | 1.00 × |
| Orbit around its planet | 27.3 days around Earth |
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| Known moons | – | 1 |
Data: NASA Planetary Fact Sheet, JPL SSD (planetary moons), JPL SBDB (dwarf planets) – public domain. Moon gravity is calculated from the JPL mass (GM) and radius; a moon’s “year” is its planet’s orbit around the Sun. A dash – no value in these sources.
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