Moons of all the planets

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Moons of the Planets

This table lists all the moons of all the planets in our solar system. Every year new moons are discovered for the planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.

Planet Moons   Names of Moons
Mercury 0 -
Venus 0 -
Earth 1 Luna
Mars 2 Phobos, Deimos
Jupiter 63 Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto (Galilean moons);
Amalthea, Himalia, Elara, Pasiphae, Sinope, Lysithea, Carme, Ananke, Leda;
Metis, Adrastea (shepherd moons);
Thebe, Callirrhoe, Themisto, Kalyke, Iocaste, Erinome, Harpalyke, Isonoe, Praxidike, Megaclite, Taygete, Chaldene, Autonoe, Thyone, Hermippe, Eurydome, Sponde, Pasithee, Euanthe, Kale, Orthosie, Euporie, Aitne
(+ 25 other moons)
Saturn 61 Titan, Rhea, Iapetus, Dione, Tethys, Enceladus, Mimas, Hyperion;
Prometheus, Pandora (shepherd moons);
Phoebe, Janus, Epimetheus, Helene, Telesto, Calypso, Atlas, Pan, Ymir, Paaliaq, Siarnaq, Tarvos, Kiviuq, Ijiraq, Thrymr, Skathi, Mundilfari, Erriapo, Albiorox, Suttung
(+ 30 other moons)
Uranus 27 Cordelia, Ophelia, (shepherd moons);
Bianca, Cressida, Desdemona, Juliet, Portia, Rosalind, Belinda, Puck, Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, Oberon, Caliban, Sycorax, Prospero, Setebos, Stephano, Trinculo
(+ 6 unnamed moons)
Neptune 13 Triton, Nereid, Naiad, Thalassa, Despina, Larissa, Proteus, Galatea (shepherd moon)
(+ 5 unnamed moons)
Pluto 3 Charon, Hydra, Nix



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