How far is Venus from Earth today?
Earth – Venus · 2 November 2026
42,169,363 km
42.17 million km
0.282 AU
light: 2 min 21 s
Value for the start of the day (UTC); once the page loads it updates live.
3D distance from the JPL “Keplerian Elements for Approximate Positions of the Major Planets” – accurate to about 0.01%. Earth and Venus orbit the Sun at different speeds, so the distance keeps changing.
Distance over time
Where it is today
Top view of the plane of Earth’s orbit, compressed distance scale.
Upcoming closest approaches
| Date | Event | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| 1 June 2028 | inferior conjunction | 43.15 million km 0.288 AU |
| 1 June 2028 | closest approach | 43.15 million km 0.288 AU |
| 5 January 2030 | closest approach | 39.71 million km 0.265 AU |
| 6 January 2030 | inferior conjunction | 39.72 million km 0.266 AU |
| 11 August 2031 | inferior conjunction | 43.22 million km 0.289 AU |
| 11 August 2031 | closest approach | 43.22 million km 0.289 AU |
| 20 March 2033 | closest approach | 41.91 million km 0.280 AU |
| 20 March 2033 | inferior conjunction | 41.91 million km 0.280 AU |