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The Moon

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The path of The Moon round the Earth, seen from above and drawn to scale, with the white dot at its nearest point. Orbit from NASA/JPL Solar System Dynamics, planetary satellites.

Kind: Moon of the Earth
Distance: 384,400 km from the Earth on average
Once round: 27.32 days
Path: a slightly stretched circle (eccentricity 0.0554), tilted 5.19°
Size: 3,475 km across
Density: 3.34 times water

The Earth On the atlas In 3D

The Moon, the Earth, drawn to one scale from their measured sizes, as plain discs.

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What it looks like up close
What it is made of
How it was found
Spacecraft that have seen it
What is still unknown

Sources: NASA/JPL Solar System Dynamics, planetary satellites.