DELTA-V // SOLAR SYSTEM FIX
Where every planet is, right now
Distance from Earth to all seven, computed for this moment rather than quoted as an average. Mars alone ranges from 0.37 to 2.68 astronomical units, so an average is wrong on almost every day of its cycle — which is what most pages answering this question give you.
COMPUTED 2026-08-30 21:48:14Z · RECOMPUTED EVERY 15 MINUTES
All seven
| Planet | Distance | Light time | Brightness | Size | Tonight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 206M km1.37 AU | 11 min | -1.6 | 4.9″ | IN THE GLARE |
| Venus | 84M km0.56 AU | 5 min | -4.5 | 29.7″ | NAKED EYE · EVENING |
| Mars | 278M km1.86 AU | 15 min | +1.3 | 5.0″ | NAKED EYE · MORNING |
| Jupiter | 928M km6.20 AU | 52 min | -1.6 | 31.8″ | NAKED EYE · MORNING |
| Saturn | 1,291M km8.63 AU | 72 min | +0.7 | 19.3″ | NAKED EYE · MORNING |
| Uranus | 2,898M km19.37 AU | 2.7 h | +5.7 | 3.6″ | NAKED EYE · MORNING |
| Neptune | 4,332M km28.96 AU | 4.0 h | +7.8 | 2.4″ | OPTICS · MORNING |
BRIGHTNESS IS APPARENT MAGNITUDE — LOWER IS BRIGHTER, AND ABOUT +6 IS THE NAKED-EYE LIMIT UNDER A DARK SKY · SIZE IS APPARENT DIAMETER IN ARCSECONDS, AGAINST ROUGHLY 1,800 FOR THE FULL MOON
Common questions
Which planet is closest to Earth right now?
Venus, at 84 million kilometres — 0.56 astronomical units. Which planet is nearest changes through the year as the orbits move relative to one another, so this is computed for the current moment rather than taken from a table.
Which planets can I see tonight without a telescope?
Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus — they are bright enough to see with the naked eye and far enough from the Sun not to be lost in its glare. Venus is an evening object; Mars is a morning object; Jupiter is a morning object; Saturn is a morning object; Uranus is a morning object.
Why do planet distances quoted online differ so much?
Because most of them quote an average rather than a current figure, and the two are very different. Mars ranges from 0.37 to 2.68 AU from Earth — a factor of seven — so an average is wrong on almost every day of the 26-month cycle. Every figure on this page is computed for the moment you loaded it.
Is there live weather data from other planets?
No. NASA's InSight Mars weather service is retired, rover weather is published to science archives rather than as a live feed, and nothing reports live conditions from the gas giants at all. Positions, distances and brightness here are computed live; temperatures, pressures and wind speeds are published reference values that do not change, and this site labels which is which.
POSITIONS COMPUTED FROM ORBITAL ELEMENTS · CHECKED AGAINST THE 2003 MARS OPPOSITION AND VENUS’S 2025 GREATEST ELONGATION