The Sun, planets and Moon to scale

Quick comparisons

• The Sun is about 109 times as wide as Earth (12,742 km).
• Saturn is about 22 times as wide as Earth (12,742 km).
• The Moon is about 27% as wide as Earth (12,742 km).

From the International Space Station to the International Space Station

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  International Space Station

  109 m (358 ft) wide

  The ISS circles Earth about every 90 minutes, so its crew passes through 16 sunrises and 16 sunsets every day.

From the Moon to Earth

Earth is about 3.7 times as wide as the Moon (3,475 km).

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  Moon

  3,475 km (2,159 mi) across

  The Moon is about 27% as wide as Earth: 3,475 km across, compared with Earth’s 12,742 km.

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  Earth

  12,742 km (7,918 mi) across

  Earth bulges at the equator: it is about 43 km wider there than it is from pole to pole.

From Saturn to the Sun

The Sun is about 5 times as wide as Saturn including its rings (280,000 km).

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  Saturn (with rings)

  280,000 km (173,984 mi) across

  Saturn’s ring system is about 280,000 km wide, yet the main rings are typically only about 10 m (30 ft) thick.

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  Sun

  1,391,400 km (864,576 mi) across

  About 1.3 million Earths could fit inside the Sun.

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