Cosmic Scale
Uranus vs The Moon: size comparison
Uranus is about 14.6 times wider than The Moon: 50,720 km across against 3,475 km.
Compare them in 3D, at true scale
| Uranus | The Moon | |
|---|---|---|
| Diameter | 50,720 km | 3,475 km |
| Mass | 8.68 × 10²⁵ kg | 7.34 × 10²² kg |
| Light crosses it in | 0.17 seconds | 0.01 seconds |
- Uranus has about 3,110 times the volume of The Moon.
- Uranus is about 1,180 times more massive than The Moon.
- Light takes 0.17 seconds to cross Uranus, and 0.01 seconds to cross The Moon.
Uranus: It rolls around the Sun on its side, tilted 98 degrees.
The Moon: It drifts about 3.8 cm farther from Earth every year.