The Literary Moons

Uranus has 29 officially recognized moons, as of August 2026, including five major moons: Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, and Oberon.

The moons are sometimes called the "literary moons" because they are named for Shakespearean characters, along with a couple of the moons being named for characters from the works of Alexander Pope.

The most recently discovered moon was first spotted in November 2023. It's currently designated at S/2023 U1, and will eventually be named for a literary character like the other moons of Uranus.

All Uranus Moons

I	Ariel		1851	W. Lassell	IAU WGPSN
II	Umbriel		1851	W. Lassell	IAU WGPSN
III	Titania		1787	W. Herschel	IAU WGPSN
IV	Oberon		1787	W. Herschel	IAU WGPSN
V	Miranda		1948	G. Kuiper	IAU WGPSN
VI	Cordelia	S/1986 U7	1986	Voyager Science Team	IAU WGPSN
VII	Ophelia	S/1986 U8	1986	Voyager Science Team	IAU WGPSN
VIII	Bianca	S/1986 U9	1986	Voyager Science Team	IAU WGPSN
IX	Cressida	S/1986 U3	1986	Voyager Science Team	IAU WGPSN
X	Desdemona	S/1986 U6	1986	Voyager Science Team	IAU WGPSN
XI	Juliet	S/1986 U2	1986	Voyager Science Team	IAU WGPSN
XII	Portia	S/1986 U1	1986	Voyager Science Team	IAU WGPSN
XIII	Rosalind	S/1986 U4	1986	Voyager Science Team	IAU WGPSN
XIV	Belinda	S/1986 U5	1986	Voyager Science Team	IAU WGPSN
XV	Puck	S/1985 U1	1985	Voyager Science Team	IAU WGPSN
XVI	Caliban	S/1997 U1	1997	B.J. Gladman, P.D. Nicholson, J.A. Burns, J.J. Kavelaars	IAU WGPSN
XVII	Sycorax	S/1997 U2	1997	P.D. Nicholson, B.J. Gladman, J.A. Burns, J.J. Kavelaars	IAU WGPSN
XVIII	Prospero	S/1999 U3	1999	M. Holman, J.J. Kavelaars, B. Gladman, J.-M. Petit, H. Scholl	IAUC 7248
XIX	Setebos	S/1999 U1	1999	J.J. Kavelaars, B. Gladman, M. Holman, J.-M. Petit, H. Scholl	IAUC 7230
XX	Stephano	S/1999 U2	1999	B. Gladman, M. Holman, J.J. Kavelaars, J.-M. Petit, H. Scholl	IAUC 7230
XXI	Trinculo	S/2001 U1	2001	M. Holman, J.J. Kavelaars, D. Milisavljevic	IAUC 7980
XXII	Francisco	S/2001 U3	2001	J.J. Kavelaars, M. Holman, D. Milisavljevic, T. Grav	IAUC 8216, IAUC 7980
XXIII	Margaret	S/2003 U3	2003	S.S. Sheppard, D.C. Jewitt	IAUC 8217
XXIV	Ferdinand	S/2001 U2	2001	D. Milisavljevic, M. Holman, J.J. Kavelaars, T. Grav	IAUC 8213
XXV	Perdita	S/1986 U10	1986	E. Karkoschka	IAUC 7171
XXVI	Mab	S/2003 U1	2003	M.R. Showalter, J.J. Lissauer	IAUC 8209
XXVII	Cupid	S/2003 U2	2003	M.R. Showalter, J.J. Lissauer	IAUC 8209
XXVIII		S/2025 U1	2025	M. El Moutamid, M. Hedman, M. Showalter, M. Tiscareno, I. de Pater, J. Lissauer, D. Souami	CBET 5593
		S/2023 U1	2023	S.S. Sheppard	MPEC 2024-D113