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Uranus is 18.84 AU (2.82 billion km) from Earth right now and 19.44 AU (2.91 billion km) from the Sun. Light takes 2 h 37 min to get there. ()
An ice giant tipped on its side, with an axial tilt of about 98°, so each pole gets roughly 42 years of continuous sunlight followed by 42 years of darkness.
Positions from NASA JPL Horizons; physical constants from the IAU and JPL. Distances are centre to centre.
As of 4 October 2026, Uranus is 18.84 AU (2.82 billion km) from Earth; light takes 2 h 37 min to cover that distance. Over the next 30 years the distance ranges from about 17.36 AU (2.60 billion km) to 20.41 AU (3.05 billion km).
Around 25 November 2026, when it comes within 18.44 AU (2.76 billion km) of Earth (calculated from NASA JPL Horizons orbits).
Uranus takes 84.02 years (30,689 days) to orbit the Sun once, at an average distance of 19.19 AU (2.87 billion km).
Uranus rotates once every 17.2 hours relative to the stars, in the opposite direction to most planets.
Uranus’s radius is 25,362 km, 3.98 times Earth’s, and its surface gravity is 0.92 times Earth’s (9.01 m/s²).