Distance from Moscow to Tokyo
Moscow (Russia) and Tokyo (Japan) are 7,478 km apart — that's 4,647 miles or 4,038 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 7,478 km · 4,647 mi · 4,038 nmi
- Initial bearing Moscow → Tokyo
- 59° (ENE)
- Initial bearing Tokyo → Moscow
- 323° (NW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 9 h 27 min
- Time zones
- Moscow UTC+03:00 · Tokyo UTC+09:00 (+6 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 407 min — the sun rises later in Moscow
Flight time is a cruise-speed approximation (no routing/wind); driving distance depends on roads and is typically 20–40% longer than great-circle.
The two cities
- Moscow
- 55.7520, 37.6178
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 03:17 UTC / 15:29 UTC
- Tokyo
- 35.6895, 139.6917
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 20:30 UTC / 08:39 UTC
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Distances here are straight-line (great-circle). Road routes typically run 1.2–1.4× longer — here's why, with the visual.