How To Watch As Jupiter And Its Moons Make Their Closest Approach To Earth In 59 Years — Providing An "Extraordinary" View

By Li Cohen, CBS Detroit

September 26, 2022

Jupiter will look bigger and brighter than normal on Monday night as it rises opposite of the sun and reaches its closest point to Earth in decades. It will be so close that the planet's banding and several of its moons should be visible, NASA said.

The gas giant will become visible when it reaches opposition, meaning it rises in the east as the sun sets in the west, a move that happens every 13 months. Tonight will also mark the closest that Jupiter has been to Earth since 1963 – which, according to NASA, is a unique happening that will make it an extra special viewing.

At its closest point, the planet will be about 367 million miles from Earth, about 200 million miles closer than when it's at its farthest point.

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