Comet 89P/Russell is at Perihelion (2.220 AU) in the constellation Sagittarius on the 15th December 2016.
Comet 89P/Russell 2 is at Opposition (3.321 AU) in the constellation Leo on the 2nd March 2015.
Ephemeris
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase Mag 2015 03 01 11 10 11.4 +20 16 32 3.3241 4.2928 166.2 3.1 2015 03 02 11 09 28.9 +20 20 20 3.3208 4.2898 166.3 3.1 2015 03 03 11 08 46.1 +20 24 03 3.3179 4.2868 166.2 3.2 2015 03 04 11 08 03.2 +20 27 42 3.3152 4.2839 166.0 3.2 2015 03 05 11 07 20.2 +20 31 16 3.3129 4.2809 165.7 3.3 2015 03 06 11 06 37.0 +20 34 45 3.3108 4.2779 165.4 3.4 2015 03 07 11 05 53.7 +20 38 09 3.3091 4.2749 164.9 3.5 2015 03 08 11 05 10.3 +20 41 27 3.3077 4.2719 164.4 3.6 2015 03 09 11 04 26.9 +20 44 41 3.3066 4.2689 163.8 3.7 2015 03 10 11 03 43.5 +20 47 49 3.3057 4.2659 163.2 3.9 2015 03 11 11 03 00.2 +20 50 50 3.3052 4.2629 162.5 4.0 2015 03 12 11 02 16.9 +20 53 46 3.3050 4.2599 161.7 4.2 2015 03 13 11 01 33.7 +20 56 36 3.3051 4.2568 161.0 4.4 2015 03 14 11 00 50.7 +20 59 20 3.3055 4.2538 160.1 4.6 2015 03 15 11 00 07.8 +21 01 57 3.3061 4.2508 159.3 4.7 2015 03 16 10 59 25.1 +21 04 28 3.3071 4.2477 158.4 4.9 2015 03 17 10 58 42.7 +21 06 52 3.3084 4.2447 157.5 5.1 2015 03 18 10 58 00.5 +21 09 10 3.3099 4.2417 156.6 5.3 2015 03 19 10 57 18.7 +21 11 20 3.3118 4.2386 155.7 5.6 2015 03 20 10 56 37.2 +21 13 24 3.3139 4.2356 154.7 5.8
Comet 89P/Russell is at Opposition (4.165 AU) on the 29th January 2014
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase Mag 2014 01 28 09 05 26.3 +32 10 01 4.1669 5.1248 165.1 2.8 2014 01 29 09 04 43.7 +32 13 01 4.1653 5.1235 165.2 2.8 2014 01 30 09 04 01.0 +32 15 56 4.1640 5.1223 165.1 2.8 2014 01 31 09 03 18.1 +32 18 47 4.1630 5.1211 165.0 2.8 2014 02 01 09 02 35.1 +32 21 34 4.1623 5.1198 164.8 2.9 2014 02 02 09 01 52.1 +32 24 15 4.1620 5.1186 164.5 2.9 2014 02 03 09 01 08.9 +32 26 52 4.1620 5.1174 164.2 3.0 2014 02 04 09 00 25.8 +32 29 23 4.1623 5.1161 163.8 3.1 2014 02 05 08 59 42.7 +32 31 50 4.1629 5.1149 163.2 3.2 2014 02 06 08 58 59.6 +32 34 11 4.1638 5.1136 162.7 3.3 2014 02 07 08 58 16.7 +32 36 27 4.1650 5.1123 162.1 3.4 2014 02 08 08 57 33.8 +32 38 37 4.1666 5.1111 161.4 3.5 2014 02 09 08 56 51.1 +32 40 42 4.1684 5.1098 160.7 3.7 2014 02 10 08 56 08.5 +32 42 42 4.1705 5.1085 159.9 3.8