Planets · #50 biggest of 1,014
How big is the Moon?
3,474 km
The Moon measures 3,474 km. That's about 393 Mount Everests lined up end to end.
By the numbers
- That's 3,474 km, or about 2,159 miles.
- It's about 2.04 million times taller than an average adult (1.7 m).
- Roughly 393 Mount Everests could line up across it.
- Walking nonstop, you'd need about 29 days to travel its length.
- Out of all 1,014 things in this collection, it ranks #50 by size.
Size comparison
How Moon stacks up against things of a similar size. Tap any bar to explore it.
Niger River
4,200 km
Murray River
3,672 km
Io (moon)
3,643 km
Volga River
3,530 km
Moon
3,474.4 km
Madeira River
3,250 km
Indus River
3,180 km
Europa (moon)
3,122 km
Rio Grande
3,057 km
Bars use a logarithmic scale so everything fits — real differences are even more extreme!
Fun fact
Standing beside it, an average person (1.7 m tall) would reach only about less than 0.001% of its height.
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