Christmas Comet 2024 Time. Three comets named hartley, encke and tsuchinshan will pass by the sun in the next few months and be visible from earth. The comet, 46p/wirtanen, made its closest approach on sunday, when it was about 7.1 million miles from earth (about 30 times the distance from earth to the moon).

The sky tonightapp will help you quickly find any bright comet in the sky. According to some estimates, it may even become visible during the.