Christmas Comet 2024 Time. The comet leonard, also known as a christmas comet, is set to pass by earth this weekend which will be seen in different parts of the planet. Compute the position of comet c/2024 a1 (atlas) for any date and time between 1 january 2000 and 31 december 2099.
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). Comets are faint and fuzzy objects that are hard to detect, so it’s best to know their location for certain.