How Far is Venus from Earth?
The distance of Venus from Earth is currently 208,790,349 kilometers, equivalent to 1.395677 Astronomical Units. Light takes 11 minutes and 36.4496 seconds to travel from Venus and arrive to us.
The following chart shows the distance of Venus 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 Venus from Earth is also available as a real time updated value in the Live Position and Data Tracker.
Closest approach of Venus to Earth
Between January 2013 and December 2100 the closest approach of Venus to Earth happens on Thu Dec 20 2085 at a distance of 0.26433103 Astronomical Units, or 39,543,360 kilometers:
NOTE: values for the closest approach are computed with a sampling interval of 1 day.