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Ephemeris Calculator

Compute Mercury ephemerides for any date and time between 01 Jan 1900 and 01 Jan 2100 and display the predicted position in an interactive sky map.

Time: : UTC

How Far is Mercury from Earth?

The distance of Mercury from Earth is currently 200,347,044 kilometers, equivalent to 1.339237 Astronomical Units. Light takes 11 minutes and 8.2858 seconds to travel from Mercury and arrive to us.

200,347,044
1.339237
11 minutes and 8.2858 seconds

The following chart shows the distance of Mercury 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 Mercury from Earth between January 1900 and January 2100

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 Mercury from Earth is also available as a real time updated value in the Live Position and Data Tracker.

Closest approach of Mercury to Earth

Between January 1900 and January 2100 the closest approach of Mercury to Earth happens on Sun May 31 2015 at a distance of 0.54903596 Astronomical Units, or 82,134,610 kilometers:

Sun May 31 2015
82,134,610
0.549036

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

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