Earth → Sun distance: how big is it?
Earth → Sun distance is about 150 million km. In everyday terms, that is ≈ 108 Suns.
- Size
- 150 million km
- In metres
- 1.50 × 10¹¹ m
- Everyday comparison
- ≈ 108 Suns
- Chapter
- Stars
Did you know?
Sunlight takes about 8 minutes and 20 seconds to reach us.
How it compares
- About 4.3× bigger than Arcturus (35 million km).
- About 7.1× smaller than Betelgeuse (1.06 billion km).
Other things of a similar size
- The Sun 1.39 million km
- Sirius 2.38 million km
- Sagittarius A* (black hole) 24 million km
- Arcturus 35 million km
- Betelgeuse 1.06 billion km
- Neptune's orbit 9 billion 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.