Our Solar System

Moon of Uranus · Updated May 2026

Titania.

Titania is the largest moon of Uranus at 1,578 km in diameter — about half the size of Earth's Moon. Its surface combines moderate cratering with huge fault systems and canyons, hinting at past tectonic activity, and the 2017 detection of a thin carbon dioxide atmosphere makes it one of the few moons with any detected gas envelope.

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Key facts

Type
Natural Satellite
Diameter
1,578 km
Distance from Uranus
436,300 km
Orbital period
8.71 days
From the 3D viewer

The Messina Chasmata canyon stretches 1,500 km across Titania's surface — about the distance from London to Athens.

About Titania

Named after the queen of the fairies in A Midsummer Night's Dream. Models suggest Titania may host a thin liquid water layer between its rocky core and icy mantle, kept liquid by ammonia antifreeze.

How to view Titania in 3D

Titania orbits Uranus in real time inside the interactive viewer. Open the parent body to see the orbital geometry, or use the object browser to fly directly to the moon and observe its rotation, surface, and orbit.

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Sources & methodology

Numbers cross-referenced with the sources below; updated May 2026.

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