How far is James Webb Space Telescope from Earth today?
Earth – James Webb Space Telescope · 3 November 2026
1,608,988 km
1.61 million km
0.011 AU
light: 5.4 s
Value for the start of the day (UTC); once the page loads it updates live.
Distance calculated from the JPL Horizons trajectory of the spacecraft (interpolated between samples) and Earth’s position from JPL orbital elements.
Distance over time
Where it is today
Top view of the plane of Earth’s orbit, compressed distance scale.
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