How Far is Voyager 1 from Earth?
The distance of Voyager 1 from Earth is currently 23,348,607,209 kilometers, equivalent to 156.075799 Astronomical Units. Light takes 21 hours, 38 minutes and 2.5704 seconds to travel from Voyager 1 and arrive to us.
The following chart shows the distance of Voyager 1 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 Voyager 1 from Earth is also available as a real time updated value in the Live Position and Data Tracker.
Closest approach of Voyager 1 to Earth
Between January 2013 and December 2030 the closest approach of Voyager 1 to Earth happens on Mon Apr 22 2013 at a distance of 123.34867538 Astronomical Units, or 18,452,699,228 kilometers:
NOTE: values for the closest approach are computed with a sampling interval of 1 day.