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Where is it now

Distance from Sun
1.001 AU
True anomaly
266.61°
As of
2 October 2026

Two-body Kepler propagation — accurate to ~0.1% for major planets over decades, less so for highly-perturbed bodies. Use JPL Horizons for high precision.

Sun Earth — 1.001 AU from the Sun Earth — 1.001 AU from the Sun Earth
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue.

In the sky

Right ascension
00h 00m 00s
Declination
+00° 00′ 00″
Constellation
Pisces
Distance from Earth
0 AU
Elongation from the Sun
0° — too close to the Sun to observe

Visible from both hemispheres.

From your location

See how high it is right now, whether it's up after dark, and when it rises and sets where you are.

How do I find my coordinates?

Google Maps on a computer

  1. Right-click the spot where you'll be observing.
  2. The first line of the menu is the coordinates, e.g. 51.50722, -0.12758 — click it and they're copied.
  3. Paste them above.

Google Maps on a phone

  1. Press and hold the spot to drop a pin.
  2. The coordinates appear in the search bar (or on the pin's card) — tap to copy, then paste above.

A full Google Maps link works too, but the short maps.app.goo.gl share links don't carry coordinates — copy the numbers instead. We round to about a kilometre; that's all the sky calculation needs.

Know your what3words address? Paste it, e.g. ///filled.count.soap. This is optional — the three words are sent to what3words to convert them, and we don't store the address or the result.

Your location stays in your browser and is sent only for this calculation. Using a what3words address is optional; if you do, the three words go to what3words to be converted and we don't record them. Set a location first, then you can save an email alert for this object. See our privacy policy.

Two-body approximation, good to about a degree for the planets — enough to find the constellation and know whether it is up.

Orbital elements

Semi-major axis
1 AU
Eccentricity
0.0167
Inclination
0°
Orbital period
365.3 days
Perihelion
0.983 AU
Aphelion
1.017 AU
Longitude of ascending node
0°
Argument of periapsis
102.94°
Epoch · J2000
J2000

Physical properties

Mean radius
6,371 km
Equatorial radius
6,378 km
Polar radius
6,357 km
Mass
5.972 × 10²⁴ kg
Density
5.513 g/cm³
Rotation period
23.93 hours
Axial tilt
23.44°
Surface gravity
9.82 m/s²
Escape velocity
11.19 km/s
GM
398,600 km³/s²
Ellipticity
0.00335
J₂ · × 10⁻⁶
1,082.63
Moment of inertia · I/MR²
0.3308
Length of day
24 hours
Mean orbital speed
29.78 km/s
Black-body temperature
254 K
Solar irradiance
1,361 W/m²

Visual & observation

Geometric albedo
0.434
Bond albedo
0.294
V(1,0) magnitude
-3.99
Representative colour
#4F86C7

Atmosphere

Surface pressure · 1014 mb
1.01 bar
Temperature · 288 K (15 C)
288 K
Density
1.217 kg/m³
Scale height
8.50 km
Mean molecular weight
28.97
Winds
0 to 100 m/s

Composition by volume

  • Nitrogen (N2) 78.08 %
  • Oxygen (O2) 20.95 %
  • Argon (Ar) 9,340 ppm
  • Carbon Dioxide (CO2) 420 ppm
  • Neon (Ne) 18 ppm
  • Helium (He) 5 ppm
  • CH 4 2 ppm
  • Krypton (Kr) 1 ppm

Source: NASA Planetary Fact Sheet.

1 moons

Moon 1,737 km 7.346 × 10²² kg 3.34 g/cm³ 0.0026 AU 27.3 days

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