Earth's orbit is the path in which the
Earth travels around the
Sun. Earth lies at an average distance of
149.60 million kilometers (92.96 million miles) from the Sun and a complete orbit occurs every days (
1 sidereal year), during which time Earth travels 940 million kilometers (584 million miles). Earth's orbit has an
eccentricity of 0.0167. Earth's orbital motion gives an apparent movement of the Sun with respect to other stars at a rate of about 1° per day (or a Sun or Moon diameter every 12 hours) eastward as seen from Earth. Earth's
orbital speed averages about 30 km/s (108,000 km/h; 67,000 mph), which is fast enough to cover the planet's diameter in seven minutes and the distance to the
Moon in four hours.