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Earth orbits the Sun at an average distance of 149.60 million km (92.96 million mi), or 8.317 light-minutes, [1] in a counterclockwise direction as viewed from above the Northern Hemisphere. One complete orbit takes 365.256 days (1 sidereal year), during which time Earth has traveled 940 million km (584 million mi). [2] Ignoring the influence ...
Visualize orbits, relative positions and movements of the Solar System objects in an interactive 3D Solar System viewer and simulator.
This 2D visual model illustrates the scale of the sun and planets in our solar system, and their current distance from each other.
Can you imagine what distances between the planets are and what dimensions the planets have? Experience a map application that will present these enormous distances and dimensions in a familiar environment.
The top panel shows where the planets appear in the night sky from the Earth. The yellow line marks the zodiac – the annual path of the Sun across the sky – and the grey lines show constellation boundaries. Planet visibility shading
From an average distance of 93 million miles (150 million kilometers), Earth is exactly one astronomical unit away from the Sun because one astronomical unit (abbreviated as AU), is the distance from the Sun to Earth. This unit provides an easy way to quickly compare planets' distances from the Sun.
DISTANCE FROM THE SUN. Click on a planet name for information about the distance of the planets from the Sun. See how far they are away from the Sun and each other. On smaller devices view this page in landscape mode. Key. Numbers in million of kilometres. Semi-major axis: The Average Orbit. Aphelion: The furthest part of the orbit from the Sun.
