How Far is Saturn from Earth?
The distance of Saturn from Earth is currently 1,325,248,981 kilometers, equivalent to 8.858742 Astronomical Units. Light takes 1 hours, 13 minutes and 40.5548 seconds to travel from Saturn and arrive to us.
The following chart shows the distance of Saturn 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 Saturn from Earth is also available as a real time updated value in the Live Position and Data Tracker.
Closest approach of Saturn to Earth
Between January 2013 and December 2100 the closest approach of Saturn to Earth happens on Thu Dec 27 2091 at a distance of 8.03140902 Astronomical Units, or 1,201,481,691 kilometers:
NOTE: values for the closest approach are computed with a sampling interval of 1 day.