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Ephemeris Calculator

Compute Venus 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 Venus from Earth?

The distance of Venus from Earth is currently 244,606,104 kilometers, equivalent to 1.635091 Astronomical Units. Light takes 13 minutes and 35.9181 seconds to travel from Venus and arrive to us.

244,606,104
1.635091
13 minutes and 35.9181 seconds

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.

Distance of Venus 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 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 1900 and January 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:

Thu Dec 20 2085
39,543,360
0.264331

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

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