of our solar system, satellite of earth
Active Relationships: Orbits
around the earthDistance from earth: 384'467 km (~364 397 km at perigee,
~406 731 km at apogee)
Traveling by car: 130 days
Traveling by rocket: 13 hours
Traveling by light speed: 1.52 sec
Diameter 3476 km (1/4 of the Earth's)
Driving around by car: 4 days
Gravity acceleration: 1.62m/sec2 (1/6 of Earth's)
Revolution period: 27.3217 days
Mean Synodic period
(new moon to new moon): 29.530588861 days
Mean orbital velocity: 1.023 km/sec