PLANETARY DATA

You may well fine this information useful, as I'm often asked 
where to look for this data, so this gives you the basic facts !.

What do we call each phase of the full moon ?
January = Old Moon
February = Wolf Moon
March = Lenten Moon
April = Egg Moon
May = Milk Moon
June = Flower Moon
July = Hay Moon
August = Grain Moon
September = Fruit Moon
October = Harvest Moon
November = Hunters Moon
December = Moon before Yule

EARTH :
Mean Radius = 3963 miles
Max distance from the Sun = 94. 510. 558 miles
Min  distance from the sun =91.403.702 miles
Revolution time around the Sun = 365 days, 6hrs, 9min, 9. 504sec
Orbital velocity = 18. 51miles per second
Moons = 1

SUN :
Mean Radius = 432. 474miles
Rotation period = 25 days, 9hrs, 7min, 12sec
Moons = 0

MERCURY :
Mean Radius = 1516 miles
Max distance from the Sun = 43. 770. 000 miles
Min  distance from the sun = 28. 580. 000 miles
Revolution time around the Sun = 87 days, 23hrs, 15min, 22sec
Orbital velocity = 29.75miles per second
Moons = 0

VENUS :
Mean Radius = 3760 miles
Max distance from the Sun = 67. 730. 000miles
Min  distance from the sun = 66. 490.000 miles
Revolution time around the Sun = 224 days, 16hrs, 49min, 26sec
Orbital velocity = 21.76 miles per second
Moons = 0

EARTHS MOON :
Mean Radius = 1080 miles
Max distance from the Earth = 252. 737miles
Min  distance from the Earth = 221. 463 miles
Rotation period = 27 days, 7 hrs, 43min, 11sec
Orbital velocity = 0. 64 miles per second
Moons = 0

MARS :
Mean Radius = 2111 miles
Max distance from the Sun = 154. 700. 000miles
Min  distance from the sun = 127. 400.000 miles
Revolution time around the Sun = 686 days, 23hrs, 31min, 12sec
Orbital velocity = 14. 99 miles per second
Moons = 2
Deimos & Phobos

JUPITER :
Mean Radius = 44.423 miles
Max distance from the Sun = 507. 000. 000miles
Min  distance from the sun = 459. 800.000 miles
Revolution time around the Sun = 4. 332 days, 14hrs, 8min, 9sec
Orbital velocity = 8. 12 miles per second
Moons = 16
 Adrastea, Metis, Amalthea, Thebe, Lo, Europa, Gannymeade, Callisto, Leda, Himalia, Lysithea, Elara, Ananke, Carme, Pasiphae,Sinope.

SATURN :
Mean Radius = 37. 449 miles
Max distance from the Sun = 938. 300. 000miles
Min  distance from the sun = 838. 900.000 miles
Revolution time around the Sun = 10.759 days, 5hrs, 16min, 48sec
Orbital velocity = 5. 99 miles per second
Moons = 22+
Atlas, Prometheus, Pandora, Janus, Epimetheus, Mimas, Enceladus, Tethys, Telesto, Calypso, Dione, Helelne, Rhea, Titan, Hyperion, Lapetus, Phoebe, Pan.

URANUS :
Mean Radius =  15. 882 miles
Max distance from the Sun = 1. 870. 000. 000miles
Min  distance from the sun = 1. 966. 000. 000 miles
Revolution time around the Sun = 30. 685 days, 9hrs, 36min, 
Orbital velocity = 4.23 miles per second
Moons = 15+ 
Cordelia, Ophelia, Bianca, Cressida, Desdemona, Juliet, Portia, Rosalind, Belinda, Puck, Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, Oberon.

NEPTUNE :
Mean Radius =  15. 388miles
Max distance from the Sun = 2. 881. 000. 000miles
Min  distance from the sun = 2. 771. 000. 000 miles
Revolution time around the Sun = 60.189 days
Orbital velocity = 3.38 miles per second
Moons = 8+ 
Triton, Nereid, Naiad, Thalassa, Despina, Galatea,
Larissa, Proteus.

PLUTO :
Mean Radius =  715miles
Max distance from the Sun = 4. 580. 000. 000miles
Min  distance from the sun = 2. 765. 000. 000 miles
Revolution time around the Sun = 90.465days
Orbital velocity = 5. 99 miles per second
Moons = 1
Charon.