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Uranus is 2,799 million km away
That is 18.71 astronomical units, and light from it takes 2.59 hours to reach you. Computed for this moment rather than quoted as an average — Uranus’s distance from Earth changes constantly, and an average is wrong on almost every day of the year.
COMPUTED 2026-10-13 01:36:06Z · RECOMPUTED EVERY 15 MINUTES
Drag the globe to spin it, or use the view buttons. The shaded side is night, placed from the real Sun–Uranus–Earth angle, and surface features are drawn at their real coordinates. Which face is turned toward Earth right now is not computed — the longitude you are looking at is explorable rather than current.
Right now
- DISTANCE
- 18.71 AU
- 2,799 million km
- LIGHT TIME
- 2.59 h
- one way
- BRIGHTNESS
- +5.7
- naked eye
- APPARENT SIZE
- 3.8″
- 478× smaller than the Moon
- LIT
- 100%
- of the disc
- FROM THE SUN
- 134°
- angular separation
- IN THE SKY
- morning
- rises before the Sun
- SUN DISTANCE
- 19.42 AU
- its own orbit
What Uranus is actually like
Tipped on its side, so each pole spends 42 years in sunlight and 42 in darkness.
- TEMPERATURE
- -195 °CMean, at the 1-bar level — there is no surface
- PRESSURE
- 1 barQuoted at the 1-bar level; pressure rises without limit below it
- WINDS
- 900 km/hFastest sustained winds recorded
- ONE DAY
- 17.2 hoursSunrise to sunrise
- ATMOSPHERE
- 83% hydrogen, 15% helium, 2% methane
PUBLISHED REFERENCE VALUES FROM NASA FACT SHEETS · NOT LIVE READINGS · NO SPACECRAFT REPORTS LIVE WEATHER FROM URANUS
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Common questions
How far away is Uranus right now?
Uranus is 2799 million kilometres from Earth at the moment — 18.71 astronomical units, or 2.6 light-hours. That figure changes constantly as both planets move: this page recomputes it rather than quoting an average, because an average is wrong on almost every day of the year.
Can I see Uranus tonight?
Yes, with the naked eye. Uranus is at magnitude +5.7 and sits 134 degrees from the Sun, making it a morning object that rises before it. Look for the point of light that does not twinkle.
How long does light take to reach us from Uranus?
2.59 hours at the moment. You are always seeing Uranus as it was that long ago, and the delay changes as the distance does — it is a direct consequence of the 2799 million kilometres between us.
How hot is Uranus?
-195°C on average, measured at the 1-bar level — there is no surface. Quoted at the 1-bar level; pressure rises without limit below it. This is a published reference value rather than a live reading — no spacecraft currently reports live weather from Uranus, and nothing on this page pretends otherwise.
How big does Uranus look from Earth?
3.8 arcseconds across right now. For scale, the full Moon is about 1,800 arcseconds — so Uranus is roughly 478 times smaller than the Moon in apparent size, which is why it looks like a point of light without a telescope.