G-type Main-sequence Star
The Sun
The Sun is currently about 151,152,430 kilometres from Earth, or 1.010 astronomical units. Its light takes 8.4 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
- 151,152,430 km (1.010 AU)
- One-way signal time
- 8.4 minutes
The body
- Mean radius
- 696,000 km
- Rotation
- 25.4 days
- Surface
- 5,500 °C
- Age
- 4.6 billion years