Moons of Saturn
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Saturn has 293 moons with confirmed orbits as of 17 June 2026, the most of any planet in the Solar System. Saturn's moons are diverse in size, ranging from tiny moonlets to Titan, which is larger than
An annotated picture of Saturn's many moons captured by the Cassini spacecraft. Shown in the image are Dione, Enceladus, Epimetheus, Prometheus, Mimas, Rhea, Janus, Tethys and Titan.
Saturn (overexposed) and the moons Iapetus, Titan, Dione, Hyperion, and Rhea viewed through a 12.5-inch telescope
Five moons in a Cassini image: Rhea bisected in the far-right foreground, Mimas behind it, bright Enceladus above and beyond the rings, Pandora eclipsed by the F Ring, and Janus off to the left
Artist conception of Saturn, its rings and major icy moons—from Mimas to Rhea
Iapetus (moon)
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Iapetus is the outermost of Saturn's large moons. With an estimated diameter of 1,469 km, it is the third-largest moon of Saturn and the eleventh-largest in the Solar System. Named after the Titan Iap
Iapetus in true color, as imaged by the Cassini orbiter in September 2007. Iapetus's unusual two-tone coloration can be seen, along with its massive equatorial ridge on the right limb.
Giovanni Domenico Cassini, discoverer of Iapetus
Side view of Iapetus's orbit (red) compared to the other large moons, showing its unusually high inclination
Size comparison between Iapetus (lower left), the Moon (upper left) and Earth