Earth–Moon system
Earth has one natural satellite, the Moon. The Moon always turns the same face toward Earth.
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Earth
Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the fifth largest. Oceans cover about 71% of its surface.
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Datasets
Visible colorNASA
Blue Marble Next Generation
NASA Blue Marble, July 2004, midtones brightened. Deep ocean is shaded from depth, not observed water color.
Blue Marble cloud composite
Archival NASA clouds over the July 2004 mosaic; not live weather. Deep ocean is shaded from depth.
View source ↗GEBCO land and seafloor heights
GEBCO 2026 terrain: height and depth relative to mean sea level, with estimated ocean depths.
View source ↗Black Marble night lights · 2016
2016 night lights from Suomi NPP over NASA's Blue Marble land and ocean.
View source ↗Sea-surface temperature anomaly
Sea-surface temperature compared with the 2003–2014 average, on 24 September 2026. Gray covers land, ice and gaps.
View source ↗Sea-surface temperature anomaly
Sea-surface temperature compared with the 2003–2014 average, on 25 September 2026. Gray covers land, ice and gaps.
View source ↗Sea-surface temperature anomaly
Sea-surface temperature compared with the 2003–2014 average, on 26 September 2026. Gray covers land, ice and gaps.
View source ↗Sea-surface temperature anomaly
Sea-surface temperature compared with the 2003–2014 average, on 27 September 2026. Gray covers land, ice and gaps.
View source ↗Sea-surface temperature anomaly
Sea-surface temperature compared with the 2003–2014 average, on 28 September 2026. Gray covers land, ice and gaps.
View source ↗Sea-surface temperature anomaly
Sea-surface temperature compared with the 2003–2014 average, on 29 September 2026. Gray covers land, ice and gaps.
View source ↗Sea-surface temperature anomaly
Sea-surface temperature compared with the 2003–2014 average, on 30 September 2026. Gray covers land, ice and gaps.
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Sea-surface temperature compared with the 2003–2014 average, on 1 October 2026. Gray covers land, ice and gaps.
View source ↗Sea-surface temperature anomaly
Sea-surface temperature compared with the 2003–2014 average, on 2 October 2026. Gray covers land, ice and gaps.
View source ↗Sea-surface temperature anomaly
Sea-surface temperature compared with the 2003–2014 average, on 3 October 2026. Gray covers land, ice and gaps.
View source ↗Sea-surface temperature anomaly
Sea-surface temperature compared with the 2003–2014 average, on 4 October 2026. Gray covers land, ice and gaps.
View source ↗Sea-surface temperature anomaly
Sea-surface temperature compared with the 2003–2014 average, on 5 October 2026. Gray covers land, ice and gaps.
View source ↗Sea-surface temperature anomaly
Sea-surface temperature compared with the 2003–2014 average, on 6 October 2026. Gray covers land, ice and gaps.
View source ↗Sea-surface temperature anomaly
Sea-surface temperature compared with the 2003–2014 average, on 7 October 2026. Gray covers land, ice and gaps.
View source ↗Factsheet
- Solar semimajor axis1.000 AU
- Mean radius6,371 km
- Orbital period365.26 days
- Rotation period23.93 hours
- Mass5.972 × 10²⁴ kg
- Equatorial gravity9.80 m/s²
- Mean density5.513 g/cm³
Sources
NASA Earth Observatory3 files · Visible color, Cloud coverage, Night lights- NASA Visible EarthData product · Cloud coverage
GEBCO Bathymetric Compilation Group 2026; NERC EDS British Oceanographic Data Centre NOC21 files · ElevationMUR sea surface temperature anomalies: NASA GIBS imageryData product · NASA GIBS
Planetary Spectrum GeneratorSoftware · NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
JPL Approximate Positions of the PlanetsReference page · NASA/JPL Solar System Dynamics- JPL Planetary Physical ParametersData product · NASA/JPL Solar System Dynamics
