Largest moons in the Solar System
(diameter over 1,000 km)
Moon
Planet
Mean
diameter
(km)
Mean distance
from centre of planet
(103 km)
Orbital
period
(days)
Eccentricity of orbit
Mass
(planet
= 1)
Density
(water
= 1)
Ganymede
Jupiter
5262
1070.4
7.156
0.001
7.80 x 10-5
1.94
Titan
Saturn
5150 a
1221.9
15.95
0.029
2.37 x 10-4
1.88
Callisto
Jupiter
4821
1882.7
16.69
0.007
5.67 x 10-5
1.83
Io
Jupiter
3643
421.8
1.763
0.004
4.70 x 10-5
3.53
Moon
Earth
3475
384.4
27.322
0.055
0.0123
3.34
Europa
Jupiter
3122
671.1
3.525
0.009
2.53 x 10-5
3.01
Triton
Neptune
2705
354.8
5.877 (R)
0.000
2.09 x 10-4
2.06
Titania
Uranus
1578
436.3
8.706
0.001
3.92 x 10-5
1.65
Rhea
Saturn
1527
527.2
4.518
0.001
4.06 x 10-6
1.24
Oberon
Uranus
1523
583.5
13.46
0.001
3.54 x 10-5
1.66
Iapetus
Saturn
1469
3561.7
79.33
0.028
3.18 x 10-6
1.09
Charon
Pluto
1212
19.6
6.387
0.000
0.122
1.85
Umbriel
Uranus
1169
266.0
4.145
0.004
1.47 x 10-5
1.52
Ariel
Uranus
1158
190.9
2.520
0.001
1.44 x 10-5
1.54
Dione
Saturn
1123
377.7
2.737
0.002
1.93 x 10-6
1.48
Tethys
Saturn
1062
295.0
1.888
0.001
1.09 x 10-6
0.98
a Diameter of solid body; diameter at cloud top is 5550 km.
R = retrograde.
Source: JPL Solar System Dynamics group. Other sources may give different figures.
Table last updated 2024 December.
