How Far is Voyager 2 from Earth?
The distance of Voyager 2 from Earth is currently 18,971,407,385 kilometers, equivalent to 126.816025 Astronomical Units. Light takes 17 hours, 34 minutes and 41.8034 seconds to travel from Voyager 2 and arrive to us.
The following chart shows the distance of Voyager 2 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 2 from Earth is also available as a real time updated value in the Live Position and Data Tracker.
Closest approach of Voyager 2 to Earth
Between January 2013 and December 2030 the closest approach of Voyager 2 to Earth happens on Sun Jun 2 2013 at a distance of 101.16298923 Astronomical Units, or 15,133,767,813 kilometers:
NOTE: values for the closest approach are computed with a sampling interval of 1 day.