Jupiter Is the Closest It's Been to Earth All Year - How to See It with a Small Telescope
Every night is a good night to look through a telescope (provided it’s not cloudy), but if you’re looking for an excuse, Jupiter is lining itself up for some candid closeups. At its farthest point, Jupiter is about 601 million miles away from Earth, but it gets as close as 365 million miles, depending on the position of the planets in their orbits.