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Ephemeris Calculator

Compute Saturn 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 Saturn from Earth?

The distance of Saturn from Earth is currently 1,618,702,080 kilometers, equivalent to 10.820355 Astronomical Units. Light takes 1 hours, 29 minutes and 59.4089 seconds to travel from Saturn and arrive to us.

1,618,702,080
10.820355
1 hours, 29 minutes and 59.4089 seconds

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.

Distance of Saturn 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 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 1900 and January 2100 the closest approach of Saturn to Earth happens on Mon Dec 21 1914 at a distance of 8.03044007 Astronomical Units, or 1,201,336,738 kilometers:

Mon Dec 21 1914
1,201,336,738
8.030440

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

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