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Venus is 44 million km away
That is 0.29 astronomical units, and light from it takes 2.4 minutes to reach you. Computed for this moment rather than quoted as an average — Venus’s distance from Earth changes constantly, and an average is wrong on almost every day of the year.
COMPUTED 2026-10-13 03:19:38Z · RECOMPUTED EVERY 15 MINUTES
Drag the globe to spin it, or use the view buttons. The shaded side is night, placed from the real Sun–Venus–Earth angle, and surface features are drawn at their real coordinates. Which face is turned toward Earth right now is not computed — the longitude you are looking at is explorable rather than current.
Right now
- DISTANCE
- 0.29 AU
- 44 million km
- LIGHT TIME
- 2.4 min
- one way
- BRIGHTNESS
- -4.2
- naked eye
- APPARENT SIZE
- 57.0″
- 32× smaller than the Moon
- LIT
- 5%
- of the disc
- FROM THE SUN
- 18°
- angular separation
- IN THE SKY
- evening
- sets after the Sun
- SUN DISTANCE
- 0.73 AU
- its own orbit
What Venus is actually like
The hottest surface in the solar system, hotter than Mercury's despite being further out.
- TEMPERATURE
- +464 °CMean, at the surface, mean
- PRESSURE
- 92 bar92 bar — the pressure 900 m down in Earth's ocean
- WINDS
- 360 km/hFastest sustained winds recorded
- ONE DAY
- 117 Earth daysSunrise to sunrise
- ATMOSPHERE
- 96.5% carbon dioxide, 3.5% nitrogen, sulphuric-acid cloud
PUBLISHED REFERENCE VALUES FROM NASA FACT SHEETS · NOT LIVE READINGS · NO SPACECRAFT REPORTS LIVE WEATHER FROM VENUS
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Common questions
How far away is Venus right now?
Venus is 44 million kilometres from Earth at the moment — 0.29 astronomical units, or 2 light-minutes. That figure changes constantly as both planets move: this page recomputes it rather than quoting an average, because an average is wrong on almost every day of the year.
Can I see Venus tonight?
Yes, with the naked eye. Venus is at magnitude -4.2 and sits 18 degrees from the Sun, making it an evening object that sets after the Sun. Look for the point of light that does not twinkle.
How long does light take to reach us from Venus?
2.4 minutes at the moment. You are always seeing Venus as it was that long ago, and the delay changes as the distance does — it is a direct consequence of the 44 million kilometres between us.
How hot is Venus?
+464°C on average, measured at the surface, mean. 92 bar — the pressure 900 m down in Earth's ocean. This is a published reference value rather than a live reading — no spacecraft currently reports live weather from Venus, and nothing on this page pretends otherwise.
How big does Venus look from Earth?
57.0 arcseconds across right now. For scale, the full Moon is about 1,800 arcseconds — so Venus is roughly 32 times smaller than the Moon in apparent size, which is why it looks like a point of light without a telescope.