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Ephemeris Calculator

Compute InSight ephemerides for any date and time between 01 Jan 1970 and 01 Jan 1970 and display the predicted position in an interactive sky map.

Time: : UTC

How Far is InSight from Earth?

The distance of InSight from Earth is currently 0 kilometers, equivalent to 0.000000 Astronomical Units. Light takes to travel from InSight and arrive to us.

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The following chart shows the distance of InSight from Earth as a function of time. In the chart the distance data is measured in Astronomical Units and sampled with an interval of 1 day.

Distance of InSight from Earth between January 1970 and January 1970

The value of the reported distance might be somewhat inaccurate around the times of closest approach for objects passing extremely close to Earth. The value of the distance of InSight from Earth is also available as a real time updated value in the Live Position and Data Tracker.

Closest approach of InSight to Earth

Between January 1970 and January 1970 the closest approach of InSight to Earth happens on Thu Jan 1 1970 at a distance of -0.12023933 Astronomical Units, or -17,987,547 kilometers:

Thu Jan 1 1970
-17,987,547
-0.120239

NOTE: values for the closest approach are computed with a sampling interval of 1 day.

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