Comet C/2013 R1 (Lovejoy) makes its closest approach to the Earth (1.464 AU) on the 29th April 2014
Ephemeris
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase Mag 2014 04 29 17 50 56.7 -14 12 57 1.4637 2.2476 130.0 20.1 14.3 2014 04 30 17 49 01.9 -14 30 03 1.4640 2.2605 131.5 19.5 14.4 2014 05 01 17 47 05.0 -14 47 08 1.4645 2.2734 132.9 18.9 14.4 2014 05 02 17 45 05.9 -15 04 13 1.4652 2.2863 134.4 18.4 14.4 2014 05 03 17 43 04.8 -15 21 15 1.4663 2.2992 135.8 17.8 14.4 2014 05 04 17 41 01.8 -15 38 14 1.4677 2.3121 137.3 17.2 14.5 2014 05 05 17 38 57.0 -15 55 10 1.4694 2.3250 138.8 16.6 14.5 2014 05 06 17 36 50.4 -16 12 01 1.4714 2.3378 140.3 16.0 14.5 2014 05 07 17 34 42.3 -16 28 47 1.4737 2.3506 141.8 15.4 14.6 2014 05 08 17 32 32.5 -16 45 28 1.4764 2.3634 143.3 14.8 14.6 2014 05 09 17 30 21.4 -17 02 02 1.4794 2.3762 144.8 14.2 14.6 2014 05 10 17 28 09.0 -17 18 28 1.4827 2.3890 146.3 13.6 14.6 2014 05 11 17 25 55.3 -17 34 47 1.4864 2.4018 147.8 13.0 14.7 2014 05 12 17 23 40.6 -17 50 56 1.4905 2.4145 149.3 12.3 14.7 2014 05 13 17 21 25.0 -18 06 56 1.4949 2.4272 150.8 11.7 14.7 2014 05 14 17 19 08.5 -18 22 46 1.4997 2.4399 152.3 11.1 14.8 2014 05 15 17 16 51.3 -18 38 26 1.5048 2.4526 153.8 10.5 14.8 2014 05 16 17 14 33.6 -18 53 53 1.5103 2.4653 155.3 9.9 14.8 2014 05 17 17 12 15.4 -19 09 09 1.5163 2.4780 156.8 9.2 14.8 2014 05 18 17 09 56.8 -19 24 11 1.5225 2.4906 158.3 8.6 14.9 2014 05 19 17 07 38.1 -19 39 01 1.5292 2.5032 159.8 8.0 14.9 2014 05 20 17 05 19.2 -19 53 36 1.5363 2.5159 161.4 7.4 14.9 2014 05 21 17 03 00.5 -20 07 58 1.5437 2.5284 162.9 6.8 15.0 2014 05 22 17 00 41.9 -20 22 04 1.5516 2.5410 164.4 6.2 15.0 2014 05 23 16 58 23.6 -20 35 56 1.5599 2.5536 165.9 5.6 15.0 2014 05 24 16 56 05.8 -20 49 32 1.5685 2.5661 167.4 5.0 15.1 2014 05 25 16 53 48.5 -21 02 53 1.5775 2.5787 168.8 4.4 15.1 2014 05 26 16 51 32.0 -21 15 57 1.5870 2.5912 170.3 3.8 15.1 2014 05 27 16 49 16.2 -21 28 45 1.5968 2.6037 171.8 3.2 15.2 2014 05 28 16 47 01.5 -21 41 17 1.6071 2.6161 173.3 2.6 15.2 2014 05 29 16 44 47.7 -21 53 32 1.6177 2.6286 174.8 2.0 15.2 2014 05 30 16 42 35.2 -22 05 31 1.6287 2.6410 176.2 1.5 15.3 2014 05 31 16 40 23.9 -22 17 13 1.6402 2.6535 177.6 0.9 15.3
Comet C/2013 R1 (Lovejoy) is at Perihelion (0.812 AU) in the constellation Hercules on the 22nd December 2013 Magnitude: 6.4 Distance to Earth: 0.907 AU Distance to Sun center: 0.812 AU Position(2000): RA=17h06.3m Dec=+25°16.4'
Comet C/2013 R1 (Lovejoy) makes its closest approach to the Earth (0.397 AU) on the 20th November 2013
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase Mag 2013 11 01 08 04 39.7 +11 03 53 0.6323 1.2444 97.5 52.3 10.0 2013 11 02 08 09 58.3 +12 06 03 0.6120 1.2316 97.4 53.0 9.8 2013 11 03 08 15 37.8 +13 12 11 0.5923 1.2188 97.4 53.8 9.7 2013 11 04 08 21 40.5 +14 22 31 0.5730 1.2061 97.2 54.7 9.6 2013 11 05 08 28 09.0 +15 37 14 0.5543 1.1935 97.0 55.5 9.5 2013 11 06 08 35 05.9 +16 56 28 0.5363 1.1810 96.7 56.5 9.4 2013 11 07 08 42 34.4 +18 20 21 0.5189 1.1685 96.4 57.5 9.3 2013 11 08 08 50 38.0 +19 48 52 0.5024 1.1561 95.9 58.5 9.1 2013 11 09 08 59 20.2 +21 21 57 0.4867 1.1438 95.4 59.6 9.0 2013 11 10 09 08 45.2 +22 59 23 0.4719 1.1316 94.7 60.7 8.9 2013 11 11 09 18 57.1 +24 40 44 0.4582 1.1196 94.0 61.9 8.8 2013 11 12 09 30 00.1 +26 25 24 0.4456 1.1076 93.1 63.2 8.7 2013 11 13 09 41 58.6 +28 12 29 0.4343 1.0957 92.2 64.5 8.6 2013 11 14 09 54 56.4 +30 00 50 0.4243 1.0839 91.1 65.9 8.5 2013 11 15 10 08 56.5 +31 48 59 0.4157 1.0723 89.9 67.3 8.4 2013 11 16 10 24 00.8 +33 35 09 0.4086 1.0608 88.6 68.7 8.3 2013 11 17 10 40 09.6 +35 17 22 0.4031 1.0494 87.2 70.2 8.2 2013 11 18 10 57 20.4 +36 53 28 0.3993 1.0382 85.7 71.7 8.2 2013 11 19 11 15 28.1 +38 21 19 0.3972 1.0272 84.2 73.2 8.1 2013 11 20 11 34 24.0 +39 38 54 0.3968 1.0163 82.6 74.6 8.1 2013 11 21 11 53 56.2 +40 44 32 0.3981 1.0055 81.0 76.0 8.0 2013 11 22 12 13 50.0 +41 37 00 0.4011 0.9950 79.3 77.3 8.0 2013 11 23 12 33 49.0 +42 15 42 0.4057 0.9846 77.7 78.5 8.0 2013 11 24 12 53 36.1 +42 40 39 0.4120 0.9745 76.1 79.6 8.0 2013 11 25 13 12 55.3 +42 52 25 0.4197 0.9645 74.6 80.6 8.0 2013 11 26 13 31 32.8 +42 52 05 0.4289 0.9548 73.1 81.5 8.0 2013 11 27 13 49 17.7 +42 41 01 0.4394 0.9453 71.6 82.2 8.0 2013 11 28 14 06 02.7 +42 20 48 0.4511 0.9360 70.2 82.8 8.0 2013 11 29 14 21 43.5 +41 53 00 0.4639 0.9270 68.9 83.2 8.0 2013 11 30 14 36 18.7 +41 19 10 0.4777 0.9182 67.7 83.6 8.0 2013 12 01 14 49 49.2 +40 40 40 0.4924 0.9097 66.5 83.7 8.1 2013 12 02 15 02 17.3 +39 58 43 0.5080 0.9015 65.4 83.8 8.1 2013 12 03 15 13 46.4 +39 14 19 0.5243 0.8936 64.3 83.8 8.1 2013 12 04 15 24 20.6 +38 28 20 0.5412 0.8859 63.3 83.6 8.1 2013 12 05 15 34 04.1 +37 41 26 0.5587 0.8786 62.3 83.4 8.2 2013 12 06 15 43 01.2 +36 54 07 0.5766 0.8716 61.4 83.1 8.2 2013 12 07 15 51 16.1 +36 06 47 0.5951 0.8650 60.5 82.7 8.2 2013 12 08 15 58 52.7 +35 19 46 0.6139 0.8587 59.7 82.2 8.3 2013 12 09 16 05 54.7 +34 33 15 0.6330 0.8527 58.9 81.6 8.3 2013 12 10 16 12 25.4 +33 47 25 0.6524 0.8472 58.2 81.0 8.4 2013 12 11 16 18 27.9 +33 02 21 0.6720 0.8420 57.4 80.3 8.4 2013 12 12 16 24 04.8 +32 18 07 0.6918 0.8371 56.7 79.6 8.4 2013 12 13 16 29 18.7 +31 34 45 0.7117 0.8327 56.1 78.8 8.5 2013 12 14 16 34 11.8 +30 52 17 0.7318 0.8287 55.4 77.9 8.5 2013 12 15 16 38 46.1 +30 10 42 0.7519 0.8251 54.8 77.1 8.5 2013 12 16 16 43 03.3 +29 30 00 0.7721 0.8219 54.2 76.2 8.6 2013 12 17 16 47 05.1 +28 50 08 0.7923 0.8192 53.6 75.3 8.6 2013 12 18 16 50 52.8 +28 11 06 0.8125 0.8169 53.1 74.3 8.7 2013 12 19 16 54 27.8 +27 32 52 0.8326 0.8150 52.5 73.3 8.7 2013 12 20 16 57 51.3 +26 55 24 0.8527 0.8135 52.0 72.3 8.8 2013 12 21 17 01 04.1 +26 18 40 0.8727 0.8125 51.5 71.3 8.8 2013 12 22 17 04 07.3 +25 42 38 0.8926 0.8120 51.0 70.3 8.8 2013 12 23 17 07 01.7 +25 07 17 0.9124 0.8119 50.5 69.3 8.9 2013 12 24 17 09 48.1 +24 32 34 0.9320 0.8122 50.1 68.3 8.9 2013 12 25 17 12 27.1 +23 58 29 0.9514 0.8130 49.7 67.2 9.0 2013 12 26 17 14 59.3 +23 25 00 0.9707 0.8142 49.2 66.2 9.0 2013 12 27 17 17 25.2 +22 52 05 0.9898 0.8159 48.8 65.2 9.1 2013 12 28 17 19 45.5 +22 19 44 1.0087 0.8180 48.5 64.2 9.1 2013 12 29 17 22 00.5 +21 47 55 1.0274 0.8206 48.1 63.1 9.2 2013 12 30 17 24 10.6 +21 16 37 1.0458 0.8236 47.8 62.1 9.3 2013 12 31 17 26 16.2 +20 45 50 1.0640 0.8270 47.4 61.2 9.3