Moon

Friday, April 26, 2024

Our Moon makes Earth a more livable planet by moderating our home planet's wobble on its axis, leading to a relatively stable climate, and creating a rhythm that has guided humans for thousands of years. The Moon was likely formed after a Mars-sized body collided with Earth and the debris formed into the most prominent feature in our night sky. -[NASA]

Parent Object: Earth

Changing Data

Rises:

22:56:08

Sets:

06:57:50

Apparent Magnitude:

-11.8

Illumination:

93%

Size (")

1805.2

Distance in light minutes:

0.0

Distance in miles:

278,868

Distance in AU:

0.00300

Orbital Data

Rotational Period:

0.07480355

Orbital Period:

27.322

Periapsis:

3.631 * 10⁵ km

Apoapsis:

4.057 * 10⁵ km

Epoch:

1975.0000

Inclination:

5.16°

Semi-Major Axis:

3.844 * 10⁵ km

Orbit Circumference:

2.413 * 10⁶ km

Eccentricity:

0.0554

Ascending Node:

248.640°

Axial Tilt:

6.68°

Albedo:

06%

Color BV:

0.46

Color UV:

Equatorial Diameter:

3.475 * 10³ km

Equatorial Circumference:

1.092 * 10⁴ km

Surface Area:

3.794 * 10⁷ km²

Surface Gravity:

1.624 m/s²

Surface Temperature:

-233 - 123

Mass:

7.348 * 10²² kg

Volume:

2.19717 * 10¹⁰ km³

Density:

3.344 g/cm³

Absolute Magnitude:

0.21