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Major Bodies » Venus

How Far is Venus from Earth?

The distance of Venus from Earth is currently 99,328,905 kilometers, equivalent to 0.663973 Astronomical Units. Light takes 5 minutes and 31.3256 seconds to travel from Venus and arrive to us.

99,328,905
0.663973
5 minutes and 31.3256 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 1600 and December 2499

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 1600 and December 2499 the closest approach of Venus to Earth happens on Sat Dec 12 1615 at a distance of 0.26400771 Astronomical Units, or 39,494,992 kilometers:

Sat Dec 12 1615
39,494,992
0.264008

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

See Also

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