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Earth → Moon distance: how big is it?

Earth → Moon distance is about 384,000 km. In everyday terms, that is ≈ 30.2 Earths.

Size

384,000 km

In metres

3.84 × 10⁸ m

Everyday comparison

≈ 30.2 Earths

Chapter

Giant Planets

Did you know?

All the other planets in the solar system could fit side by side in this gap.

How it compares

• About 2.7× bigger than Jupiter (140,000 km).
• About 3.6× smaller than the Sun (1.39 million km).

Other things of a similar size

• Earth 12,700 km
• Neptune 49,200 km
• Saturn 116,000 km
• Jupiter 140,000 km
• The Sun 1.39 million km
• Sirius 2.38 million km

Sizes are rounded, typical values drawn from standard reference sources, including NIST/CODATA physical constants and NASA's planetary fact sheets. Real objects vary; see About for how sizes are chosen.