| Moon Statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mass (kg) | 7.349e+22
| Mass (Earth = 1) | 1.2298e-02
| Equatorial radius (km) | 1,737.4
| Equatorial radius (Earth = 1) | 2.7241e-01
| Mean density (gm/cm^3) | 3.34
| Mean distance from Earth (km) | 384,400
| Rotational period (days) | 27.32166
| Orbital period (days) | 27.32166
| Average length of lunar day (days) | 29.53059
| Mean orbital velocity (km/sec) | 1.03
| Orbital eccentricity | 0.0549
| Tilt of axis (degrees) | 1.5424
| Orbital inclination (degrees) | 5.1454
| Equatorial surface gravity (m/sec^2) | 1.62
| Equatorial escape velocity (km/sec) | 2.38
| Visual geometric albedo | 0.12
| Magnitude (Vo) | -12.74
| Mean surface temperature (day) | 107°C
| Mean surface temperature (night) | -153°C
| Maximum surface temperature | 123°C
| Minimum surface temperature | -233°C
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