Putting the planets where they are tonight…

Every planet, moon, dwarf planet and spacecraft here is drawn where it really is right now, worked out from NASA JPL orbit data. Run time forwards or backwards with the bar at the bottom.

The Sun and planets

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  • Mercury
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  • Earth
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  • Uranus
  • Neptune

Dwarf planets

  • Ceres
  • Pluto
  • Haumea
  • Makemake
  • Eris

Moons

  • Moon
  • Phobos
  • Deimos
  • Io
  • Europa
  • Ganymede
  • Callisto
  • Mimas
  • Enceladus
  • Tethys
  • Dione
  • Rhea
  • Titan
  • Iapetus
  • Miranda
  • Ariel
  • Umbriel
  • Titania
  • Oberon
  • Triton
  • Charon

Belts

  • Asteroid Belt
  • Kuiper Belt

Spacecraft

  • Voyager 1
  • Voyager 2
  • New Horizons
  • Pioneer 10
  • Pioneer 11

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A moon of Uranus ↑

Titania

Uranus's biggest moon, split by canyons hundreds of kilometres long.

Titania is Uranus's biggest moon, about 1,600 km wide.

Canyons hundreds of kilometres long split its surface. Scientists think they formed as its insides froze and expanded, cracking the crust.

William Herschel found it in 1787, six years after he found Uranus itself.

It's named after the queen of the fairies in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.

If you stood here

Because Uranus is tipped on its side, a single day and night here can each last about 42 years, depending on where you stand.

The numbers

Width
1,577 km
Goes round Uranus
every 8.7 days
One day
The same: it always shows Uranus one face
Temperature
about −200 °C
70 kg on Earth weighs
3 kg here
Quick answers+

How big is Titania?

Titania is 1,577 km wide, about 12% of Earth's width.

How long does Titania take to go round Uranus?

Titania goes once round Uranus every 8.7 days. It spins once in the same time, so it always shows Uranus the same face.

How hot or cold is Titania?

About −200 °C.

What is the gravity like on Titania?

Gravity is 0.379 m/s², 4% of Earth's. Someone who weighs 70 kg on Earth would weigh 3 kg there.