Venus's path relative to Earth, 2026 to 2033, seen from above the solar system

Name: Venus's path relative to Earth, 2026 to 2033, seen from above the solar system
Creator: Unlabeled
License: No licence stated for Horizons (a NASA/JPL computation service); every X, Y row of one requested vector table is plotted, Z omitted. Credit as JPL asks for its public material: Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech

Closest: 39.7 million km, on January 7, 2030; farthest: 260 million km. Each of the 5 inner loops is a pass between Earth and the Sun; after 8 years the figure nearly repeats.

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y ↑: 90° east of the equinox (million km)
x →: Toward the March equinox (million km)

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The data: 974 points

Toward the March equinox (million km)	90° east of the equinox (million km)
39.368	−252.749
55.941	−249.7
72.267	−245.516
88.266	−240.218
103.857	−233.83
118.964	−226.386
133.511	−217.924
147.424	−208.487
160.636	−198.127
173.082	−186.899
184.703	−174.863
195.447	−162.083
205.265	−148.624
214.112	−134.555
221.948	−119.949
228.738	−104.881
234.453	−89.429
239.07	−73.675
242.573	−57.7
244.954	−41.59
246.21	−25.425
246.346	−9.289
245.372	6.739
243.302	22.58
240.156	38.154
235.961	53.386
230.749	68.2
224.557	82.523
217.431	96.285
209.421	109.422
200.582	121.875
190.973	133.59
180.653	144.518
169.689	154.613
158.146	163.837
146.095	172.155
133.608	179.538
120.761	185.96
107.631	191.407
94.295	195.87
80.831	199.345
67.314	201.837
53.817	203.355
40.414	203.915
27.173	203.536
14.164	202.242
1.453	200.064
−10.896	197.036
−22.823	193.201
−34.272	188.604
−45.193	183.296
−55.542	177.33
−65.279	170.761
−74.369	163.647
−82.783	156.047
−90.495	148.02
−97.485	139.628
−103.736	130.935
−109.24	122.006
−113.992	112.904
−117.997	103.694
−121.262	94.435
−123.801	85.188
−125.63	76.007
−126.772	66.948
−127.249	58.06
−127.09	49.393
−126.326	40.995
−124.994	32.909
−123.134	25.175
−120.788	17.827
−118.002	10.895
−114.822	4.404
−111.295	−1.625
−107.468	−7.177
−103.388	−12.238
−99.103	−16.799
−94.661	−20.854
−90.114	−24.403
−85.508	−27.45
−80.893	−30.003
−76.313	−32.077
−71.813	−33.691
−67.433	−34.864
−63.209	−35.621
−59.176	−35.988
−55.368	−35.992
−51.816	−35.667
−48.547	−35.044
−45.585	−34.163
−42.952	−33.063
−40.663	−31.785
−38.728	−30.373
−37.153	−28.867
−35.941	−27.311
−35.091	−25.744
−34.599	−24.208
−34.458	−22.743
−34.655	−21.391
−35.176	−20.191
−35.999	−19.182
−37.101	−18.401
−38.451	−17.879
−40.018	−17.647
−41.768	−17.729
−43.666	−18.148
−45.673	−18.923
−47.751	−20.071
−49.857	−21.603
−51.949	−23.529
−53.98	−25.854
−55.905	−28.577
−57.677	−31.693
−59.25	−35.189
−60.58	−39.05
−61.626	−43.256
−62.348	−47.785
−62.708	−52.61
−62.668	−57.7
−62.194	−63.023
−61.253	−68.539
−59.817	−74.207
−57.861	−79.98
−55.366	−85.81
−52.317	−91.647
−48.705	−97.439
−44.525	−103.134
−39.776	−108.681
−34.461	−114.027
−28.586	−119.119
−22.165	−123.903
−15.213	−128.324
−7.754	−132.331
0.182	−135.873
8.563	−138.903
17.35	−141.375
26.504	−143.251
35.979	−144.493
45.73	−145.065
55.707	−144.939
65.856	−144.084
76.122	−142.476
86.444	−140.098
96.761	−136.936
107.009	−132.983
117.127	−128.235
127.05	−122.698
136.716	−116.378
146.065	−109.288
155.034	−101.444
163.563	−92.866
171.59	−83.582
179.057	−73.622
185.906	−63.024
192.084	−51.831
197.541	−40.09
202.232	−27.852
206.115	−15.169
209.152	−2.099
211.308	11.3
212.552	24.966
212.856	38.833
212.199	52.833
210.564	66.893
207.941	80.942
204.326	94.905
199.72	108.709
194.132	122.28
187.573	135.548
180.058	148.44
171.611	160.884
162.257	172.809
152.031	184.147
140.971	194.828
129.123	204.789
116.538	213.968
103.271	222.31
89.382	229.762
74.933	236.279
59.989	241.816
44.62	246.335
28.898	249.799
12.901	252.182
−3.294	253.458
−19.603	253.612
−35.942	252.634
−52.23	250.523
−68.384	247.282
−84.321	242.922
−99.961	237.458
−115.223	230.911
−130.029	223.308
−144.3	214.683
−157.962	205.075
−170.94	194.531
−183.168	183.106
−194.583	170.856
−205.127	157.844
−214.749	144.136
−223.399	129.8
−231.037	114.909
−237.623	99.538
−243.127	83.764
−247.521	67.67
−250.786	51.34
−252.91	34.858
−253.891	18.308
−253.729	1.776
−252.433	−14.658
−250.016	−30.912
−246.499	−46.908
−241.905	−62.566
−236.265	−77.811
−229.614	−92.569
−221.996	−106.768
−213.458	−120.341
−204.054	−133.227
−193.841	−145.369
−182.879	−156.715
−171.232	−167.22
−158.964	−176.84
−146.144	−185.539
−132.84	−193.283
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−105.082	−205.803
−90.779	−210.542
−76.297	−214.255
−61.711	−216.938
−47.096	−218.596
−32.526	−219.239
−18.073	−218.879
−3.808	−217.534
10.201	−215.227
23.884	−211.987
37.176	−207.848
50.015	−202.849
62.342	−197.033
74.104	−190.451
85.252	−183.153
95.742	−175.194
105.534	−166.629
114.592	−157.518
122.884	−147.92
130.383	−137.9
137.066	−127.524
142.918	−116.86
147.929	−105.974
152.095	−94.936
155.419	−83.813
157.907	−72.669
159.573	−61.568
160.43	−50.572
160.5	−39.741
159.808	−29.135
158.384	−18.811
156.263	−8.822
153.486	0.781
150.096	9.952
146.142	18.653
141.673	26.847
136.739	34.505
131.393	41.599
125.69	48.108
119.684	54.014
113.433	59.303
106.995	63.969
100.428	68.01
93.791	71.431
87.139	74.242
80.526	76.458
74	78.099
67.61	79.187
61.401	79.749
55.417	79.813
49.697	79.413
44.278	78.586
39.193	77.373
34.471	75.818
30.133	73.967
26.196	71.866
22.672	69.563
19.571	67.103
16.895	64.534
14.646	61.901
12.819	59.25
11.407	56.627
10.397	54.078
9.771	51.647
9.506	49.373
9.575	47.294
9.949	45.443
10.597	43.85
11.484	42.542
12.575	41.541
13.834	40.869
15.221	40.544
16.693	40.579
18.207	40.983
19.718	41.759
21.183	42.908
22.557	44.423
23.798	46.294
24.866	48.508
25.723	51.048
26.33	53.895
26.65	57.027
26.647	60.415
26.289	64.029
25.544	67.834
24.386	71.791
22.793	75.859
20.748	79.995
18.235	84.155
15.245	88.294
11.772	92.367
7.809	96.327
3.359	100.125
−1.576	103.71
−6.983	107.033
−12.849	110.044
−19.154	112.695
−25.871	114.938
−32.971	116.732
−40.423	118.034
−48.189	118.806
−56.233	119.01
−64.51	118.613
−72.974	117.581
−81.574	115.888
−90.255	113.509
−98.959	110.427
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−174.031	40.646
−179.002	30.107
−183.284	19.055
−186.829	7.538
−189.593	−4.391
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−192.623	−29.252
−192.821	−42.061
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−190.447	−68.096
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−179.736	−107.097
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−160.437	−144.237
−152.156	−155.859
−142.99	−166.982
−132.972	−177.535
−122.14	−187.45
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−98.22	−205.104
−85.24	−212.726
−71.659	−219.473
−57.539	−225.299
−42.948	−230.162
−27.954	−234.025
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2.951	−238.624
18.708	−239.309
34.562	−238.894
50.43	−237.372
66.23	−234.742
81.882	−231.007
97.305	−226.179
112.419	−220.274
127.149	−213.315
141.418	−205.327
155.15	−196.342
168.273	−186.4
180.716	−175.544
192.412	−163.826
203.299	−151.3
213.32	−138.028
222.422	−124.073
230.56	−109.502
237.689	−94.384
243.773	−78.792
248.778	−62.801
252.674	−46.489
255.441	−29.939
257.062	−13.234
257.531	3.543
256.845	20.307
255.01	36.975
252.036	53.465
247.94	69.696
242.743	85.59
236.472	101.066
229.16	116.049
220.847	130.463
211.577	144.236
201.404	157.302
190.383	169.597
178.576	181.064
166.047	191.652
152.864	201.314
139.096	210.007
124.816	217.693
110.101	224.34
95.031	229.923
79.687	234.421
64.151	237.821
48.507	240.12
32.837	241.319
17.222	241.427
1.739	240.457
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13.167	−37.975
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8.506	−39.71
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7.11	−42.499
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13.988	−61.363
16.589	−63.955
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213.24	140.29
204.358	154.2
194.517	167.498
183.762	180.114
172.142	191.979
159.715	203.033
146.541	213.217
132.683	222.479
118.21	230.773
103.192	238.054
87.7	244.286
71.813	249.435
55.61	253.473
39.174	256.379
22.589	258.139
5.94	258.747
−10.689	258.203
−27.212	256.514
−43.548	253.693
−59.617	249.759
−75.34	244.736
−90.637	238.653
−105.434	231.547
−119.657	223.458
−133.236	214.437
−146.107	204.537
−158.21	193.816
−169.491	182.339
−179.903	170.171
−189.402	157.379
−197.949	144.034
−205.512	130.209
−212.063	115.98
−217.579	101.426
−222.046	86.625
−225.456	71.659
−227.806	56.606
−229.104	41.546
−229.36	26.554
−228.591	11.704
−226.817	−2.931
−224.062	−17.282
−220.359	−31.279
−215.743	−44.856
−210.256	−57.951
−203.943	−70.505
−196.855	−82.464
−189.047	−93.779
−180.575	−104.409
−171.497	−114.315
−161.873	−123.462
−151.764	−131.82
−141.234	−139.365
−130.348	−146.075
−119.173	−151.935
−107.777	−156.936
−96.228	−161.074
−84.592	−164.354
−72.933	−166.783
−61.313	−168.373
−49.794	−169.139
−38.434	−169.102
−27.29	−168.286
−16.419	−166.719
−5.873	−164.434
4.297	−161.468
14.045	−157.864
23.331	−153.665
32.118	−148.92
40.374	−143.677
48.072	−137.986
55.186	−131.899
61.698	−125.467
67.589	−118.745
72.848	−111.79
77.469	−104.659
81.451	−97.407
84.799	−90.092
87.522	−82.766
89.636	−75.482
91.156	−68.289
92.105	−61.235
92.506	−54.363
92.388	−47.719
91.781	−41.342
90.723	−35.272
89.253	−29.542
87.414	−24.181
85.25	−19.212
82.808	−14.654
80.132	−10.523
77.269	−6.827
74.266	−3.575
71.169	−0.768
68.025	1.594
64.883	3.518
61.789	5.015
58.788	6.103
55.921	6.803
53.228	7.139
50.744	7.142
48.5	6.841
46.524	6.271
44.842	5.465
43.479	4.461
42.452	3.302
41.777	2.028
41.463	0.685
41.515	−0.682
41.932	−2.029
42.71	−3.31
43.838	−4.484
45.303	−5.511
47.089	−6.351
49.178	−6.965
51.545	−7.317
54.164	−7.37
57.002	−7.093
60.024	−6.457
63.191	−5.436
66.463	−4.01
69.797	−2.163
73.151	0.116
76.481	2.837
79.743	6.004
82.892	9.621
85.88	13.683
88.661	18.186
91.187	23.115
93.411	28.456
95.289	34.184
96.78	40.274
97.845	46.697
98.448	53.42
98.553	60.409
98.128	67.626
97.143	75.028
95.572	82.571
93.389	90.206
90.577	97.882
87.123	105.544
83.017	113.137
78.256	120.608
72.84	127.9
66.773	134.957
60.065	141.725
52.726	148.147
44.774	154.165
36.232	159.724
27.129	164.767
17.498	169.243
7.38	173.102
−3.184	176.298
−14.147	178.788
−25.459	180.532
−37.067	181.495
−48.915	181.643
−60.943	180.946
−73.088	179.379
−85.281	176.924
−97.454	173.566
−109.535	169.299
−121.453	164.122
−133.137	158.04
−144.517	151.063
−155.522	143.207
−166.082	134.49
−176.127	124.94
−185.589	114.588
−194.401	103.472
−202.498	91.639
−209.822	79.139
−216.317	66.028
−221.932	52.366
−226.623	38.217
−230.348	23.647
−233.071	8.727
−234.76	−6.472
−235.389	−21.871
−234.936	−37.391
−233.389	−52.949
−230.743	−68.462
−226.998	−83.848
−222.162	−99.022
−216.251	−113.905
−209.283	−128.417
−201.284	−142.48
−192.285	−156.016
−182.321	−168.95
−171.438	−181.21
−159.685	−192.725
−147.117	−203.432
−133.795	−213.269
−119.785	−222.183
−105.154	−230.125
−89.974	−237.052
−74.317	−242.925
−58.261	−247.71
−41.884	−251.379
−25.269	−253.908
−8.5	−255.282
8.339	−255.492
25.16	−254.537

Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech, JPL Horizons On-Line Ephemeris System (Solar System Dynamics Group); Venus relative to Earth's center, ecliptic J2000, every third day
Licence: No licence stated for Horizons (a NASA/JPL computation service); every X, Y row of one requested vector table is plotted, Z omitted. Credit as JPL asks for its public material: Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech
Read: 2026-10-23
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