How Far is Maven from Earth?
The distance of Maven from Earth is currently 227,843,061 kilometers, equivalent to 1.523037 Astronomical Units. Light takes 12 minutes and 40.0026 seconds to travel from Maven and arrive to us.
The following chart shows the distance of Maven 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.
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 Maven from Earth is also available as a real time updated value in the Live Position and Data Tracker.
Closest approach of Maven to Earth
Between November 2013 and September 2022 the closest approach of Maven to Earth happens on Tue Nov 19 2013 at a distance of 0.00062810 Astronomical Units, or 93,963 kilometers:
NOTE: values for the closest approach are computed with a sampling interval of 1 day.