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How far is Pluto from Earth right now?
Pluto is 5,266,229,558 km from Earth right now, moving away at 28.44 km/s.
Pluto from Earth, right now
Centre to centre. Worked out in your browser from JPL's orbital elements, the same maths that moves the planets in the 3D viewer, and updated ten times a second.
Where Earth and Pluto are today
Why the distance keeps changing
Pluto has the most stretched orbit of these worlds: its distance from the Sun runs from about 30 to 49 AU over its 248-year orbit. On top of that, Earth's yearly lap adds or takes away about 2 AU.
Pluto passed its closest point to the Sun in 1989 and is now slowly heading outward, so each year's close approach is a little farther than the last.
Pluto ranges from about 4.28 billion km to about 7.53 billion km from Earth.
Questions
How far is Pluto from Earth right now?
On 2 October 2026, Pluto was 5.27 billion km from Earth (3,272,283,339 miles, 35.2026 AU), and moving away at 28.44 km/s. The figure at the top of this page is worked out live in your browser, so it is current whenever you read it.
When is Pluto next closest to Earth?
Pluto next comes closest to Earth on 26 July 2027, at about 5.21 billion km. Close approaches like this, at opposition, come round about every 367 days.
How long does light take to travel from Pluto to Earth?
Right now light from Pluto takes 4 h 53 min to reach us, so we see Pluto as it was that long ago. Radio signals to a spacecraft there take the same time.
What is the closest and farthest Pluto gets from Earth?
Pluto can come as close as about 4.28 billion km and be as far as about 7.53 billion km, worked out from the sizes and shapes of the two orbits.