Comet 53P/Van Biesbroeck makes its closest approach to the Earth (2.767 AU) in the constellation Virgo on the 20th April 2015
Comet 53P/Van Biesbroeck is at Opposition (2.812 AU) in the constellation Virgo on the 2nd April 2015.
Ephemeris
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase Mag 2015 04 01 12 53 32.6 +00 52 16 2.8176 3.8123 173.8 1.6 16.9 2015 04 02 12 52 56.3 +00 57 20 2.8123 3.8074 173.9 1.6 16.9 2015 04 03 12 52 19.8 +01 02 22 2.8073 3.8026 173.8 1.6 16.9 2015 04 04 12 51 43.1 +01 07 24 2.8026 3.7977 173.5 1.7 16.9 2015 04 05 12 51 06.3 +01 12 24 2.7981 3.7928 173.0 1.8 16.9 2015 04 06 12 50 29.4 +01 17 22 2.7940 3.7879 172.3 2.0 16.9 2015 04 07 12 49 52.5 +01 22 18 2.7902 3.7830 171.6 2.2 16.9 2015 04 08 12 49 15.5 +01 27 12 2.7867 3.7781 170.7 2.4 16.9 2015 04 09 12 48 38.5 +01 32 04 2.7834 3.7732 169.9 2.7 16.8 2015 04 10 12 48 01.6 +01 36 53 2.7805 3.7683 168.9 2.9 16.8 2015 04 11 12 47 24.7 +01 41 39 2.7778 3.7635 167.9 3.2 16.8 2015 04 12 12 46 47.9 +01 46 22 2.7755 3.7586 166.9 3.5 16.8 2015 04 13 12 46 11.3 +01 51 02 2.7734 3.7537 165.9 3.7 16.8 2015 04 14 12 45 34.8 +01 55 38 2.7716 3.7488 164.9 4.0 16.8 2015 04 15 12 44 58.5 +02 00 10 2.7702 3.7439 163.8 4.3 16.8 2015 04 16 12 44 22.5 +02 04 38 2.7690 3.7390 162.7 4.6 16.8 2015 04 17 12 43 46.7 +02 09 02 2.7681 3.7341 161.7 4.8 16.8 2015 04 18 12 43 11.3 +02 13 22 2.7674 3.7292 160.6 5.1 16.8 2015 04 19 12 42 36.1 +02 17 36 2.7671 3.7244 159.5 5.4 16.8 2015 04 20 12 42 01.4 +02 21 46 2.7670 3.7195 158.4 5.7 16.8 2015 04 21 12 41 27.1 +02 25 51 2.7672 3.7146 157.3 6.0 16.7 2015 04 22 12 40 53.2 +02 29 51 2.7677 3.7097 156.2 6.3 16.7 2015 04 23 12 40 19.7 +02 33 45 2.7684 3.7048 155.2 6.5 16.7 2015 04 24 12 39 46.8 +02 37 33 2.7694 3.6999 154.1 6.8 16.7 2015 04 25 12 39 14.4 +02 41 15 2.7707 3.6950 153.0 7.1 16.7 2015 04 26 12 38 42.6 +02 44 52 2.7722 3.6902 151.9 7.4 16.7 2015 04 27 12 38 11.4 +02 48 22 2.7740 3.6853 150.8 7.7 16.7 2015 04 28 12 37 40.7 +02 51 46 2.7760 3.6804 149.7 7.9 16.7 2015 04 29 12 37 10.8 +02 55 04 2.7783 3.6755 148.6 8.2 16.7 2015 04 30 12 36 41.4 +02 58 15 2.7808 3.6706 147.6 8.5 16.7