Planetary Perigees For Any Year
In the 600-Year Range From 1600 to 2200
Calendar Year
(1600 to 2200)
Time Zone Offset
Neg | Pos = W | E
UT
Planetary Perigees For Year 2025 in Local Time Zone UT+00:00 ===================================================================== MERCURY: Perigee at JD 2460762.72032194 = 2025 Mar 28 Fri 05:17:16 TT +00:01:15 DT Date and Time UT Dist AU Dist mi Dist km ------------------------ ------------ -------------- ------------- 2025 Mar 28 Fri 05:16:01 0.596801618 55,476,176 89,280,251 ===================================================================== MERCURY: Perigee at JD 2460885.20876720 = 2025 Jul 28 Mon 17:00:37 TT +00:01:15 DT Date and Time UT Dist AU Dist mi Dist km ------------------------ ------------ -------------- ------------- 2025 Jul 28 Mon 16:59:22 0.587646308 54,625,137 87,910,636 ===================================================================== MERCURY: Perigee at JD 2460999.29884557 = 2025 Nov 19 Wed 19:10:20 TT +00:01:15 DT Date and Time UT Dist AU Dist mi Dist km ------------------------ ------------ -------------- ------------- 2025 Nov 19 Wed 19:09:05 0.677156966 62,945,672 101,301,240 ===================================================================== VENUS : Perigee at JD 2460757.15505962 = 2025 Mar 22 Sat 15:43:17 TT +00:01:15 DT Date and Time UT Dist AU Dist mi Dist km ------------------------ ------------ -------------- ------------- 2025 Mar 22 Sat 15:42:02 0.280600941 26,083,487 41,977,303 ===================================================================== MARS : Perigee at JD 2460688.06827044 = 2025 Jan 12 Sun 13:38:19 TT +00:01:14 DT Date and Time UT Dist AU Dist mi Dist km ------------------------ ------------ -------------- ------------- 2025 Jan 12 Sun 13:37:05 0.642282539 59,703,892 96,084,100 ===================================================================== No Jupiter perigee during year 2025 in time zone UT+00:00 ===================================================================== SATURN : Perigee at JD 2460939.83653742 = 2025 Sep 21 Sun 08:04:37 TT +00:01:15 DT Date and Time UT Dist AU Dist mi Dist km ------------------------ ------------ -------------- ------------- 2025 Sep 21 Sun 08:03:22 8.546755785 794,470,584 1,278,576,467 ===================================================================== URANUS : Perigee at JD 2461000.92993332 = 2025 Nov 21 Fri 10:19:06 TT +00:01:15 DT Date and Time UT Dist AU Dist mi Dist km ------------------------ ------------ -------------- ------------- 2025 Nov 21 Fri 10:17:51 18.509374370 1,720,553,837 2,768,962,994 ===================================================================== NEPTUNE: Perigee at JD 2460941.18043901 = 2025 Sep 22 Mon 16:19:50 TT +00:01:15 DT Date and Time UT Dist AU Dist mi Dist km ------------------------ ------------ -------------- ------------- 2025 Sep 22 Mon 16:18:35 28.884155060 2,684,949,951 4,321,008,094 ===================================================================== PLUTO : Perigee at JD 2460879.09736868 = 2025 Jul 22 Tue 14:20:13 TT +00:01:15 DT Date and Time UT Dist AU Dist mi Dist km ------------------------ ------------ -------------- ------------- 2025 Jul 22 Tue 14:18:58 34.296837900 3,188,090,254 5,130,733,922 =====================================================================
PROGRAM INFO: This program computes perigee distances, dates and times for all the major planets and Pluto within the 600-year period from 1600 to 2200. Based on the NASA/JPL Ephemeris Model and The NASA polynomial expressions for Delta T. A planetary perigee is that point where a given planet makes its closest approach to Earth. The inner planet Mercury will have 3 or 4 perigees per year while Venus may possibly have 2 perigees and Mars has a perigee every other year or so. The slow, lethargic outer planets, from Jupiter outward, have a perigee every year. The local time zone determines the local date and time of the perigee, so the same perigee can happen on different dates in different parts of the world. TIME SYMBOLS USED: UT = Universal Time = UT+00:00 = UT1 = GMT TZ = Local Time Zone Offset From UT (Neg/Pos = West/East) LT = Local Time in Given Time Zone. DT = Delta T computed from NASA polynomial expressions. TT = Terrestrial Time Used For Internal Computations. TIME SCALE RELATIONSHIPS: UT = LT − (TZ) LT = UT + (TZ) TT = UT + (DT) or TT = LT − (TZ) + (DT)
Program by Jay Tanner
v1.0 - Revised: Thursday, January 01, 1970 at 12:00 AM UTC