We use cookies to deliver essential features and to measure their performance. Learn more.
Help us keep TheSkyLive 100% free & ads-free, donate now!
Home
Search Objects
Major Solar System Objects
Comets
Asteroids
Spacecrafts
Star Maps
Orbits
public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 7:23 
Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 17:05
sunny   (Daytime)  
What's Visible Now • Tonight Timeline
Search  close
Space Probes » 

Voyager 2

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -27.43°   Az: 153.83°   Direction: South-South-East

Voyager 2 is an unmanned space probe launched by NASA on August 20, 1977, just a few weeks before its sister craft Voyager 1. Its mission was to study the outer planets of our solar system, including Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. It was the first and only spacecraft to visit all four planets, and its observations revolutionized our understanding of these distant worlds. After completing its primary mission, Voyager 2 continued on its journey into interstellar space, where it is still sending back data on the interstellar medium and the heliosphere. Voyager 2 is currently the second most distant human-made object from Earth, after its sister craft Voyager 1, and continues to be in communication with NASA's Deep Space Network.

Voyager 2 is in the constellation of Pavo, at a distance of 20,877,043,606.0 kilometers from Earth. The current Right Ascension is 20h 14m 17s and the Declination is -58° 55’ 25” (apparent coordinates).

Finder Charts

Map showing Voyager 2 in Pavo on February, 10 2025. Field of view: 50x30 degrees
View interactive star map
Sky map showing Voyager 2 in Pavo on February, 10 2025. Field of view: 15x9 degrees. View in interactive sky chart

High precision deep sky finder chart, 60 arcmin wide, showing where Voyager 2 is right now. Click on the image to see a more detailed fullscreen tracker view.

Voyager 2
RA: 20h 12m 13s
Dec: -59° 00’ 02”
Deep sky finder chart for Voyager 2. Field of view: 60x40 arcmins. View in deep sky object tracker

Also check out Where is Voyager 2?, a page that provides all the information needed to find Voyager 2 in the sky and additional links to sky charts.

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

20h 14m 17s
-58° 55’ 25”
20h 42m 41s
16h 56m 58s

J2000

20h 12m 13s
-59° 00’ 02”

Additional Information

Pavo

Rise and Set Times

Today's rise, transit and set times of Voyager 2 from Greenwich, UK (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Today Voyager 2 is not visible from Greenwich, UK

If you need to access this information frequently for your observations, you can create a simple customized Quick Access page, so that you can easily bookmark it in your browser favorites or add a shortcut to your mobile phones' home screen.

Distance from Earth

The distance of Voyager 2 from Earth is currently 20,877,043,606.0 kilometers, equivalent to 139.5544168397 Astronomical Units. Light takes 19h 20m 38.322s to travel from Voyager 2 and arrive to us.

20,877,043,606.0
139.5544168397
19h 20m 38.322s

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.

Chart of the distance of Voyager 2 from Earth in Astronomical Units (au)

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

Between 1 January 2013 and 30 December 2099, the closest approach of Voyager 2 to Earth happens on Sun Jun 2 2013 at a distance of 101.162452 Astronomical Units, or 15,133,687,450 kilometers:

Sun Jun 2 2013
15,133,687,450
101.162452

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

Orbit Visualization

Orbit Diagram of Voyager 2

15 Days Ephemeris

The following table lists the ephemerides of Voyager 2 computed for the past and next 7 days, with a 24 hours interval. Apparent celestial coordinates are provided.

Date Right AscensionR.A. DeclinationDec. MagnitudeMag Constellation
2025 Feb 03 20h 13m 53s -58° 55’ 08” N.A. Pavo
2025 Feb 04 20h 13m 56s -58° 55’ 09” N.A. Pavo
2025 Feb 05 20h 14m 00s -58° 55’ 11” N.A. Pavo
2025 Feb 06 20h 14m 03s -58° 55’ 13” N.A. Pavo
2025 Feb 07 20h 14m 06s -58° 55’ 15” N.A. Pavo
2025 Feb 08 20h 14m 09s -58° 55’ 17” N.A. Pavo
2025 Feb 09 20h 14m 13s -58° 55’ 20” N.A. Pavo
2025 Feb 10 20h 14m 16s -58° 55’ 24” N.A. Pavo
2025 Feb 11 20h 14m 19s -58° 55’ 27” N.A. Pavo
2025 Feb 12 20h 14m 22s -58° 55’ 31” N.A. Pavo
2025 Feb 13 20h 14m 25s -58° 55’ 35” N.A. Pavo
2025 Feb 14 20h 14m 29s -58° 55’ 39” N.A. Pavo
2025 Feb 15 20h 14m 32s -58° 55’ 44” N.A. Pavo
2025 Feb 16 20h 14m 35s -58° 55’ 49” N.A. Pavo

Additional Resources