Gas Giant
Saturn
Saturn is currently about 1,262,863,270 kilometres from Earth, or 8.442 astronomical units, which puts a one-way radio signal 70.2 minutes out. It is 9.432 astronomical units from the Sun.
This page is about Saturn itself. For where it is in the sky tonight, how far from the Sun it currently appears and when to look, see Where is Saturn right now.
The jewel of the system, encircled by a breathtaking system of icy rings spanning thousands of kilometers yet only meters thick in places.
No mission has visited since Cassini ended in 2017. Dragonfly is slated to launch for Titan in 2028.
Right now
- Distance from Earth
- 1,262,863,270 km (8.442 AU)
- Distance from the Sun
- 1,410,952,728 km (9.432 AU)
- One-way signal time
- 70.2 minutes
The body
- Mean radius
- 58,232 km
- Day
- 10.7 hours
- Year
- 29.4 years
- Moons
- 146 known