Live distance
How far is Starman from the Sun right now?
Right now Starman, Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster, is 224,146,096 km from the Sun (1.4983 AU).
Starman circles the Sun on a stretched ellipse every 557 days, swinging between about 147.5 million km (just inside Earth’s orbit) and 249.0 million km (beyond Mars’s average distance). Right now it is moving at 81,700 km/h.
Distance over the past and next 12 months
Next closest and farthest points
- Perihelion (closest to the Sun): April 1, 2027, 147,507,499 km
- Aphelion (farthest from the Sun): January 4, 2028, 249,000,151 km
See every perihelion and aphelion on the timeline.
More Starman distances
Data: NASA/JPL Horizons (target -143205), updated October 15, 2026. Numbers on this page refresh live in your browser.