--- title: moon created: 2007-01-13 19:57 updated: 2026-07-18 15:53 revision: 11 author: Auriea --- [[Reference]] *see also:time* | January | Wolf Moon | | --- | --- | | February | Snow Moon | | March | Worm Moon | | April | Pink Moon | | May | Flower Moon | | June | Strawberry Moon | | July | Buck Moon | | August | Sturgeon Moon | | September | Harvest Moon | | October | Hunter's Moon | | November | Beaver Moon | | December | Cold Moon | planet=PLANET moons=MOONS names=MOON NAMES planet=Mercury moons= names= planet=Venus moons= names= planet=Earth moons=1 names=Moon planet=Mars moons=2 names=Phobos, Deimos planet=Jupiter moons=62 names=Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto, Amalthea, Himalia, Elara, Pasiphae, Sinope, Lysithea, Carme, Ananke, Leda, Metis, Adrastea, Thebe, Callirrhoe, Themisto, Kalyke, Iocaste, Erinome, Harpalyke, Isonoe, Praxidike, Megaclite, Taygete, Chaldene, Autonoe, Thyone, Hermippe, Eurydome, Sponde, Pasithee, Euanthe, Kale, Orthosie, Euporie, Aitne, plus others yet to receive names planet=Saturn moons=33 names=Titan, Rhea, Iapetus, Dione, Tethys, Enceladus, Mimas, Hyperion, Prometheus, Pandora, Phoebe, Janus, Epimetheus, Helene, Telesto, Calypso, Atlas, Pan, Ymir, Paaliaq, Siarnaq, Tarvos, Kiviuq, Ijiraq, Thrym, Skadi, Mundilfari, Erriapo, Albiorix, Suttung, Methone, Pallene, Polydeuces((http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4298053.stm [Polydeuces]is an example of a so-called Trojan moon - it is twinned with a larger satellite in orbit around the planet. Saturn is the only planet known to have Trojan moons. They are found near stable "Lagrange points" - places where the gravitational pull of the planet and the larger satellite become balanced. The Trojans are situated 60 degrees ahead or behind the larger moon in its orbit (in the case of Polydeuces, the larger moon is Dione).)), plus others yet to receive names planet=Uranus moons=27 names=Cordelia, Ophelia, Bianca, Cressida, Desdemona, Juliet, Portia, Rosalind, Belinda, Puck, Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, Oberon, Caliban, Sycorax, Prospero, Setebos, Stephano, Trinculo, plus others yet to receive names planet=Neptune moons=13 names=Triton, Nereid, Naiad, Thalassa, Despina, Galatea, Larissa, Proteus, plus others yet to receive names planet=Pluto moons=1 names=Charon ---