Current Status
See also: New Horizons: Key mission datesOn September 9, 2012, New Horizons was 23.884 AU (3.573×109 km; 2.2202×109 mi) from the Earth and 24.268 AU (3.6304×109 km; 2.2559×109 mi) from the Sun; and traveling at 15.285 km/s (34,190 mph) (relative to the Sun) and traveling outward at about 3.224 AU per year. Sunlight takes 3.31 hours to get to New Horizons. The brightness of the Sun from the spacecraft is magnitude -19.7. New Horizons is heading in the direction of the constellation Sagittarius.
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