Question #ad590 Astronomy Our Solar System The Earth 1 Answer notafraid Feb 4, 2017 Sun: Very Far. Moon: Not so much. Explanation: The sun is One AU (astronomical unit) away from the earth. That's 149,597,870.700 kilometers! The moon is 384,400 kilometers away from the earth ( ≈0.00257069409 of the distance of the earth to the sun). Answer link Related questions What's the Earth's "absolute" speed? i.e. in relation to the central Sun, the first-order star,... How does density affect earth's layers? How fast does the earth rotate? How does this compare to the rotation of other planets? At what speed does the earth travel on its orbit around the sun? What would happen if the earth's rotation was faster or slower? How fast does earth rotate near the equator? How fast does the earth rotate per second? How fast is the earth traveling along its orbit? How fast does the earth rotate on its axis? How fast does the earth rotate in one minute? What is the formula to determine this? See all questions in The Earth Impact of this question 1677 views around the world You can reuse this answer Creative Commons License