There will be about 367 million miles between Earth and Jupiter, according to NASA. Jupiter is about 600 million miles away from our home planet at its farthest point, the space agency said.
Jupiter will make its closest approach to Earth in 59 years on Monday, September 26, according to AccuWeather.The largest planet in our solar system, the gas giant will be at opposition, meaning Earth is directly between it and the sun, said Trina L. Ray, deputy science manager for the Europa Clipper mission at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.
Jupiter is at opposition about every 13 months, the length of time the Earth takes to orbit the Sun in relation to Jupiter, according to EarthSky. The gaseous planet will rise around sunset and look pearly white to the naked eye, said Patrick Hartigan, professor of physics and astronomy at Rice University in Houston.
For a precise time of when to look in the sky, use the Old Farmer's Almanac's visible planets calculator.
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