How far is every planet from Earth right now?
Live distances from Earth, calculated in your browser and updated every second.
| Body | Distance (km) | Light time | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Moon | |||
| Mercury | |||
| Venus | |||
| Mars | |||
| Jupiter | |||
| Saturn | |||
| Uranus | |||
| Neptune |
The planets' distances from Earth change constantly because Earth and every planet move around the Sun at different speeds. The inner planets, Mercury and Venus, swing from one side of the Sun to the other, while the outer planets' distances change mostly because of where Earth is in its own orbit. Choose a planet for its next closest approach, a chart of the coming years, and why its distance changes.
Open the 3D solar systemPositions come from the Astronomy Engine library (VSOP87), checked against NASA JPL data to better than 0.02%. Distances are center to center.