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Earth's Moon: Facts & Figures
Physical Characteristics
Mean circumference	10,917.0 km 6,783.5 mi
Mean radius	1,737.5 km 1,079.6 mi
Mass	7.3477×10²² kg
Volume	2.197×10¹⁰ km³
Density	3.344 g/cm³
Surface area	3.79367×10⁷ km²
Surface gravity	1.624 m/s²
Escape velocity	2,376 m/s (8,554 km/h)
Other Facts
Distance from Earth: Average Apogee (farthest) Perigee (closest)	384,400 km 405,696 km 363,104 km
Rotational velocity (around its own axis)	4.6246 m/s
Rotation period (length of Moon day)	655.73 hours 27.322 Earth days
Orbit period around Earth^(a) (length of Moon year)	655.73 hours 27.322 Earth days
Orbit period around Sun	365 Earth days 13.359 Moon days

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 |Mean radius||1,737.5 km<br/>1,079.6 mi
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-|Mass||7.3477×10<sup>22</sup> kg<br/>1.6199×10<sup>23</sup> lb
+|Mass||7.3477×10<sup>22</sup> kg
 |-
-|Volume||2.197×10<sup>10</sup> km<sup>3</sup><br/>5.271×10<sup>9</sup> mi<sup>3</sup>
+|Volume||2.197×10<sup>10</sup> km<sup>3</sup>
 |-
-|Density||3.344 g/cm<sup>3</sup><br/>208.76 lb/ft<sup>3</sup>
+|Density||3.344 g/cm<sup>3</sup>
 |-
-|Surface area||3.79367×10<sup>7</sup> km<sup>2</sup><br/>1.46474×10<sup>7</sup>mi<sup>2</sup>
+|Surface area||3.79367×10<sup>7</sup> km<sup>2</sup>
+|-
+|Surface gravity||1.624 m/s<sup>2</sup>
+|-
+|Escape velocity||2,376 m/s (8,554 km/h)
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+!colspan=2 align=center|Other Facts
+|-
+|'''Distance from Earth:'''<br/>Average<br>Apogee (farthest)<br/>Perigee (closest)||<br/>384,400 km<br/>405,696 km<br/>363,104 km
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+|Rotational velocity<br/>(around its own axis)||4.6246 m/s
+|-
+|Rotation period<br/>(length of Moon day)||655.73 hours<br/>27.322 Earth days
+|-
+|Orbit period around Earth<sup>(a)</sup><br/>(length of Moon year)||655.73 hours<br/>27.322 Earth days
+|-
+|Orbit period around Sun||365 Earth days<br/>13.359 Moon days
 |}