A position measuring module includes a movement mirror provided on a
movable member and having a reflecting surface along a first axis
direction; detection-light units which are arranged for a plurality of
measuring axes disposed in the first axis direction respectively and
which irradiate, onto the movement mirror, detection lights in a second
axis direction intersecting the first axis direction; a reference-light
unit which includes a fixed mirror fixed to a member different from the
movable member and which irradiates a reference light onto the fixed
mirror; a plurality of optical path combining elements which combines
detection optical paths for the detection lights reflected by the
movement mirror in relation to the measuring axes respectively or
combines the detection optical paths for the detection lights and a
reference optical path for the reference light via the reference-light
unit; and a detecting section which detects an interference fringe
brought about by interference between the detection light and the
reference light coming into the detecting section via the optical path
combining elements and which measures a position of the movable member in
the second axis direction based on a detection result of the interference
fringe.