How far is Earth from the Sun right now?
As of 4 October 2026, Earth is 1.000 AU (149.6 million km) from the Sun; sunlight takes 8 min 19 s to reach us. Earth’s orbit is slightly elliptical (eccentricity 0.0166).
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Earth: live position and facts
Earth is 1.000 AU (149.6 million km) from the Sun right now. ()
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Earth facts
- Distance from the Sun now
- 1.000 AU (149.6 million km)
- Distance from the Sun now
- 1.000 AU (149.6 million km)
- Mean radius
- 6,371.0 km
- Mass
- 5.972 × 10^24 kg
- Surface gravity
- 9.82 m/s²
- Escape velocity
- 11.2 km/s
- Rotation period
- 23.9 hours
- Year (orbit around the Sun)
- 365.26 days
- Average distance (semi-major axis)
- 1.000 AU (149.6 million km)
- Orbital eccentricity
- 0.0166
- Inclination to the ecliptic
- 0.00°
Positions from NASA JPL Horizons; physical constants from the IAU and JPL. Distances are centre to centre.
Earth: questions people ask
How long is a year and a day on Earth?
A year — one orbit of the Sun — takes 365.26 days. One rotation relative to the stars (a sidereal day) takes 23.93 hours; the 24-hour solar day is slightly longer because Earth also moves along its orbit.
How fast is Earth moving around the Sun?
About 29.8 km/s right now — roughly 107,195 km/h.