G-type Main-sequence Star
The Sun
The Sun is currently about 149,347,223 kilometres from Earth, or 0.998 astronomical units. Its light takes 8.3 minutes to reach us.
The star at the heart of it all. A vast sphere of plasma whose gravity holds every world in orbit and whose light makes the whole system visible. It is over 100 times the radius of Earth.
Solar Cycle 25 peaked in 2024 and 2025; activity is gradually declining toward the next minimum.
Right now
- Distance from Earth
- 149,347,223 km (0.998 AU)
- One-way signal time
- 8.3 minutes
The body
- Mean radius
- 696,000 km
- Rotation
- 25.4 days
- Surface
- 5,500 °C
- Age
- 4.6 billion years