Closest to Earth

Here are when select objects in our solar system are closest to Earth. For outer planets, these are close to opposition times. For the outer planets listed here, their apparent angular diameters are included.

Mercury February 28, 2020 - 17:55 - 94.2 million km or 58.6 million mi
June 28, 2020 - 23:30 - 83.8 million km or 52.1 million mi
October 24, 2020 - 11:16 - 99.9 million km or 62.1 million mi
February 10, 2021 - 14:26 - 96.8 million km or 60.1 million mi
June 10, 2021 - 10:59 - 82.3 million km or 51.1 million mi
October 7, 2021 - 21:18 - 98.4 million km or 61.2 million mi
January 24, 2022 - 19:54 - 98.9 million km or 61.4 million mi
May 22, 2022 - 23:31 - 82.3 million km or 51.1 million mi
September 20, 2022 - 23:10 - 96.5 million km or 60 million mi
January 8, 2023 - 08:42 - 100 million km or 62.3 million mi
May 4, 2023 - 14:03 - 83.6 million km or 52 million mi
September 3, 2023 - 15:12 - 93.9 million km or 58.4 million mi
December 23, 2023 - 02:29 - 101 million km or 62.8 million mi
April 15, 2024 - 07:22 - 86.2 million km or 53.5 million mi
August 15, 2024 - 20:52 - 91 million km or 56.5 million mi
December 5, 2024 - 22:48 - 101 million km or 63 million mi
March 28, 2025 - 05:23 - 89.3 million km or 55.5 million mi
July 28, 2025 - 17:06 - 88 million km or 54.7 million mi
November 19, 2025 - 19:16 - 101 million km or 62.9 million mi
March 10, 2026 - 11:04 - 92.5 million km or 57.4 million mi
July 10, 2026 - 06:59 - 85.1 million km or 52.9 million mi
November 3, 2026 - 13:34 - 101 million km or 62.6 million mi
February 21, 2027 - 02:15 - 95.3 million km or 59.2 million mi
June 21, 2027 - 18:49 - 83 million km or 51.6 million mi
October 18, 2027 - 03:22 - 99.5 million km or 61.8 million mi
February 4, 2028 - 02:55 - 97.7 million km or 60.7 million mi
June 2, 2028 - 06:58 - 82.1 million km or 51 million mi
September 30, 2028 - 10:22 - 97.7 million km or 60.7 million mi
January 17, 2029 - 11:46 - 99.5 million km or 61.8 million mi
May 14, 2029 - 20:10 - 82.7 million km or 51.4 million mi
September 13, 2029 - 08:17 - 95.4 million km or 59.3 million mi
January 1, 2030 - 02:50 - 101 million km or 62.6 million mi
April 26, 2030 - 11:24 - 84.7 million km or 52.6 million mi
August 26, 2030 - 19:40 - 92.8 million km or 57.6 million mi
December 15, 2030 - 21:55 - 101 million km or 63 million mi
April 8, 2031 - 06:30 - 87.5 million km or 54.4 million mi
August 8, 2031 - 20:51 - 89.8 million km or 55.8 million mi
November 29, 2031 - 18:39 - 101 million km or 63 million mi
March 20, 2032 - 07:47 - 90.7 million km or 56.3 million mi
July 20, 2032 - 14:14 - 86.6 million km or 53.8 million mi
November 12, 2032 - 14:35 - 101 million km or 62.8 million mi
March 2, 2033 - 17:19 - 93.8 million km or 58.3 million mi
July 2, 2033 - 03:01 - 84.1 million km or 52.2 million mi
October 27, 2033 - 07:17 - 100 million km or 62.3 million mi
February 13, 2034 - 12:24 - 96.5 million km or 60 million mi
June 13, 2034 - 14:24 - 82.4 million km or 51.2 million mi
October 10, 2034 - 18:22 - 98.7 million km or 61.4 million mi
January 27, 2035 - 16:44 - 98.6 million km or 61.3 million mi
May 26, 2035 - 02:53 - 82.3 million km or 51.1 million mi
September 23, 2035 - 21:36 - 96.8 million km or 60.1 million mi
January 11, 2036 - 04:36 - 100 million km or 62.2 million mi
May 6, 2036 - 17:06 - 83.3 million km or 51.8 million mi
September 5, 2036 - 15:16 - 94.4 million km or 58.7 million mi
December 24, 2036 - 21:45 - 101 million km or 62.8 million mi
April 18, 2037 - 09:43 - 85.7 million km or 53.3 million mi
August 18, 2037 - 22:24 - 91.4 million km or 56.8 million mi
December 8, 2037 - 17:47 - 101 million km or 63 million mi
March 31, 2038 - 06:50 - 88.9 million km or 55.2 million mi
July 31, 2038 - 19:44 - 88.4 million km or 54.9 million mi
November 22, 2038 - 14:22 - 101 million km or 63 million mi
March 13, 2039 - 11:22 - 92 million km or 57.2 million mi
July 13, 2039 - 10:24 - 85.4 million km or 53.1 million mi
November 6, 2039 - 09:13 - 101 million km or 62.6 million mi
Venus June 3, 2020 - 17:05 - 43.2 million km or 26.9 million mi
January 8, 2022 - 09:19 - 39.8 million km or 24.7 million mi
August 13, 2023 - 15:17 - 43.2 million km or 26.9 million mi
March 22, 2025 - 15:48 - 42 million km or 26.1 million mi
October 25, 2026 - 01:48 - 40.8 million km or 25.4 million mi
June 1, 2028 - 09:49 - 43.1 million km or 26.8 million mi
January 5, 2030 - 22:29 - 39.8 million km or 24.7 million mi
August 11, 2031 - 06:01 - 43.2 million km or 26.9 million mi
March 20, 2033 - 06:02 - 41.9 million km or 26 million mi
October 22, 2034 - 15:50 - 40.8 million km or 25.4 million mi
May 30, 2036 - 02:20 - 43.1 million km or 26.8 million mi
January 3, 2038 - 11:23 - 39.6 million km or 24.6 million mi
August 8, 2039 - 21:24 - 43.2 million km or 26.9 million mi
Mars October 6, 2020 - 14:13 - 62.1 million km or 58.6 million mi, 22.6"
December 1, 2022 - 02:12 - 81.4 million km or 52.1 million mi, 17.2"
January 12, 2025 - 13:32 - 96 million km or 62.1 million mi, 14.6"
February 20, 2027 - 00:08 - 101 million km or 60.1 million mi, 13.8"
March 29, 2029 - 12:50 - 96.8 million km or 51.1 million mi, 14.5"
May 12, 2031 - 03:44 - 82.7 million km or 51.4 million mi, 16.9"
July 5, 2033 - 11:13 - 63.3 million km or 39.3 million mi, 22.1"
September 11, 2035 - 14:15 - 56.8 million km or 35.3 million mi, 24.6"
November 11, 2037 - 07:54 - 73.9 million km or 45.9 million mi, 19.0"
December 28, 2039 - 14:41 - 91.4 million km or 56.8 million mi, 15.3"
Jupiter July 15, 2020 - 09:54 - 619.2 million km or 61.2 million mi, 47.6"
August 20, 2021 - 05:27 - 600.3 million km or 61.4 million mi, 49.1"
September 26, 2022 - 02:15 - 591.4 million km or 51.1 million mi, 49.9"
November 1, 2023 - 21:02 - 595.7 million km or 60 million mi, 49.5"
December 6, 2024 - 10:00 - 611.7 million km or 62.3 million mi, 48.2"
January 9, 2026 - 08:06 - 633.1 million km or 52 million mi, 46.6"
February 10, 2027 - 15:31 - 652.4 million km or 58.4 million mi, 45.2"
March 13, 2028 - 01:49 - 664.2 million km or 62.8 million mi, 44.4"
April 13, 2029 - 06:04 - 665.6 million km or 53.5 million mi, 44.3"
May 14, 2030 - 22:37 - 656 million km or 407.6 million mi, 45.0"
June 16, 2031 - 20:38 - 637.9 million km or 396.4 million mi, 46.2"
July 20, 2032 - 07:13 - 616.5 million km or 383.1 million mi, 47.8"
August 25, 2033 - 07:43 - 598.7 million km or 372 million mi, 49.3"
October 1, 2034 - 05:32 - 591.4 million km or 367.5 million mi, 49.9"
November 6, 2035 - 20:04 - 597.5 million km or 371.3 million mi, 49.4"
December 11, 2036 - 05:35 - 614.4 million km or 381.8 million mi, 48.0"
January 13, 2038 - 20:27 - 635.6 million km or 395 million mi, 46.4"
February 15, 2039 - 02:28 - 654.2 million km or 406.5 million mi, 45.1"
Saturn July 21, 2020 - 02:34 - 1346 million km or 56.5 million mi, 18.5"
August 2, 2021 - 11:08 - 1337 million km or 63 million mi, 18.6"
August 14, 2022 - 21:49 - 1325 million km or 55.5 million mi, 18.8"
August 27, 2023 - 11:47 - 1311 million km or 54.7 million mi, 19.0"
September 8, 2024 - 07:14 - 1295 million km or 62.9 million mi, 19.2"
September 21, 2025 - 08:02 - 1279 million km or 57.4 million mi, 19.4"
October 4, 2026 - 14:07 - 1262 million km or 52.9 million mi, 19.7"
October 18, 2027 - 00:56 - 1246 million km or 62.6 million mi, 20.0"
October 30, 2028 - 16:24 - 1231 million km or 59.2 million mi, 20.2"
November 13, 2029 - 12:30 - 1218 million km or 51.6 million mi, 20.4"
November 27, 2030 - 12:41 - 1209 million km or 751.3 million mi, 20.6"
December 11, 2031 - 15:36 - 1203 million km or 747.6 million mi, 20.7"
December 24, 2032 - 19:06 - 1202 million km or 746.6 million mi, 20.7"
January 7, 2034 - 21:41 - 1204 million km or 748.1 million mi, 20.7"
January 21, 2035 - 22:15 - 1211 million km or 752.2 million mi, 20.5"
February 4, 2036 - 20:18 - 1221 million km or 758.4 million mi, 20.4"
February 17, 2037 - 14:50 - 1234 million km or 766.6 million mi, 20.2"
March 3, 2038 - 04:56 - 1249 million km or 776.2 million mi, 19.9"
March 16, 2039 - 13:50 - 1266 million km or 786.5 million mi, 19.6"
Uranus October 31, 2020 - 05:28 - 2810.6 million km or 61.8 million mi, 3.8"
November 4, 2021 - 15:06 - 2803.3 million km or 60.7 million mi, 3.8"
November 9, 2022 - 01:11 - 2795.5 million km or 51 million mi, 3.8"
November 13, 2023 - 11:44 - 2787.2 million km or 60.7 million mi, 3.8"
November 16, 2024 - 23:02 - 2778.3 million km or 61.8 million mi, 3.8"
November 21, 2025 - 10:16 - 2768.9 million km or 51.4 million mi, 3.8"
November 25, 2026 - 22:28 - 2759.2 million km or 59.3 million mi, 3.8"
November 30, 2027 - 10:22 - 2749.2 million km or 26.9 million mi, 3.8"
December 3, 2028 - 23:29 - 2738.8 million km or 24.7 million mi, 3.8"
December 8, 2029 - 12:06 - 2728.5 million km or 26.9 million mi, 3.9"
December 13, 2030 - 02:25 - 2718.3 million km or 1689.1 million mi, 3.9"
December 17, 2031 - 15:57 - 2708.2 million km or 1682.8 million mi, 3.9"
December 21, 2032 - 07:45 - 2698.1 million km or 1676.6 million mi, 3.9"
December 25, 2033 - 22:35 - 2688.3 million km or 1670.4 million mi, 3.9"
December 30, 2034 - 16:01 - 2678.7 million km or 1664.5 million mi, 3.9"
January 4, 2036 - 08:28 - 2669.3 million km or 1658.6 million mi, 4.0"
January 8, 2037 - 03:39 - 2660 million km or 1652.8 million mi, 4.0"
January 12, 2038 - 21:30 - 2650.9 million km or 1647.2 million mi, 4.0"
January 17, 2039 - 18:08 - 2642 million km or 1641.7 million mi, 4.0"
Neptune September 11, 2020 - 00:52 - 4326.7 million km or 26.1 million mi, 2.4"
September 13, 2021 - 12:33 - 4325.9 million km or 25.4 million mi, 2.4"
September 16, 2022 - 02:35 - 4324.9 million km or 26.8 million mi, 2.4"
September 18, 2023 - 14:36 - 4323.7 million km or 38.6 million mi, 2.4"
September 20, 2024 - 04:08 - 4322.3 million km or 50.6 million mi, 2.4"
September 22, 2025 - 16:17 - 4321 million km or 59.7 million mi, 2.4"
September 25, 2026 - 04:36 - 4319.8 million km or 63 million mi, 2.4"
September 27, 2027 - 17:23 - 4318.6 million km or 60.1 million mi, 2.4"
September 29, 2028 - 04:46 - 4317.7 million km or 384.7 million mi, 2.4"
October 1, 2029 - 17:58 - 4316.8 million km or 373 million mi, 2.4"
October 4, 2030 - 04:57 - 4316.3 million km or 2682.1 million mi, 2.4"
October 6, 2031 - 18:26 - 4315.9 million km or 2681.8 million mi, 2.4"
October 8, 2032 - 05:58 - 4315.4 million km or 2681.5 million mi, 2.4"
October 10, 2033 - 19:17 - 4315.2 million km or 2681.3 million mi, 2.4"
October 13, 2034 - 07:32 - 4314.7 million km or 2681 million mi, 2.4"
October 15, 2035 - 20:18 - 4314.1 million km or 2680.7 million mi, 2.4"
October 17, 2036 - 09:17 - 4313.4 million km or 2680.2 million mi, 2.4"
October 19, 2037 - 21:06 - 4312.6 million km or 2679.7 million mi, 2.4"
October 22, 2038 - 10:14 - 4311.9 million km or 2679.3 million mi, 2.4"
October 24, 2039 - 21:08 - 4311.3 million km or 2678.9 million mi, 2.4"