Moon
Moon is a planet in Space Engineers.
In the Star System/Home System scenarios, an instance of it can be found near the EarthLike Planet.
Terrain
It's a small planetary body with countless steep craters, grey rocks, and grey regolith, and rarely ice.
The terrain is full of steep round craters and hillsides; paired with low gravity, navigating this terrain is hard for small rovers. For space ships however, landing and lift-off will be easy, no atmospheric trusters needed.
Atmosphere
If you are tired of the other planets' storms and fogs, you will enjoy the weatherless, cloudless, airless quiet of the Moon. Radiation on the Moon is however very high.
It has no atmosphere so wind turbines won't work at all; use solar panels to gain renewable energy, or hydrogen engines. No opening the helmet here, be prepared to bring oxygen.
Statistics
- Diameter: typically 19km
- Surface gravity of 0.25g
- Max Altitude with Gravity: 2,678 meters
- No atmosphere, no oxygen, no clouds
- No flora, no fauna
- No weather
- Temperature: Freezing
Resources
Moon is standard for a moon, with 1.4% of the moon's surface area containing mineral deposits.
In order of proportion, Moon has:
- Nickel
- Iron
- Silicon
- Ice in surface lakes near the poles and underground
- Magnesium
- Platinum
- Gold
- Cobalt
- Silver
Map
Surface Coordinates along the moon's center
This table lists the surface GPS Coordinates along the 3 axis crossing the moon's center. For each coordinate, two elements are the same as the moon's center point (lies on the same axis), while the third element was found by actually surveying the moon in-game.
| Extent | GPS |
|---|---|
| -X | GPS:Moon -X:6902:136384.5:-113615.5: |
| +X | GPS:Moon +X:25751.1:136384.5:-113615.5: |
| -Y (North) | GPS:Moon -Y (North):16384.5:126860.7:-113615.5: |
| +Y (South) | GPS:Moon +Y (South):16384.5:145876.7:-113615.5: |
| -Z | GPS:Moon -Z:16384.5:136384.5:-123167.9: |
| +Z | GPS:Moon +Z:16384.5:136384.5:-104162.9: |
Tip: You can copy the entire table and use "New from clipboard" in the game's GPS window, then double-click each one to mark it non-temporary.
Position and Distance
Moon is located at the center of the standard star system as part of the EarthLike Planet and Moon planetary system. Distances to other planets can be found in the distance between planets and moons section of the Planets page.
Gallery
Moon surface
Moon, Earth-like side surface. daytime. SE: 1.199.023 8/21/2021
Moon, sunny side. SE: 1.199.023 8/21/2021
Trivia
In real life, the Moon is Earth's only natural satellite of significant size. The gravitational effect that the Moon has on the Earth has enough pull to create tidal forces credited for the development of life on Earth. The Moon acts as both a sun light mirror at night, a seasonal water cycle engine, and an asteroid shield for the Earth.
The Moon in Space Engineers is actually modeled based on the real Earth's moon terrain, flipped north-south.
Spoilers
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When searching for ore on the Moon, it is most advantageous to look for golden-yellow marked surface streaks usually found near mountains and crater rims. The easiest way to find ice on the Moon is to visit its polar caps.