2022-02-01, 10:06 PM
I know.... nobody plans out this far.....but it just jumped out at me due to the magnitude.
It's actually brightest well before it catches up and crosses inside our orbit. Being Brightest (14th mag) in the early morning hours of Feb 28 in the south up 80° moving 17"/min. The skinny moon is ~90° away.
Over the next several days, it remains bright, high and well placed as it speeds up to 30"/min. Close approach coming at 01:57CST Mar 4th at a distance of 12.77LD for me with the big rock low in the ENE. This is a big rock, possibly 3/4 mile. The uncertainty =0, so plotting should be easy.
Moon is not a factor.
It's actually brightest well before it catches up and crosses inside our orbit. Being Brightest (14th mag) in the early morning hours of Feb 28 in the south up 80° moving 17"/min. The skinny moon is ~90° away.
Over the next several days, it remains bright, high and well placed as it speeds up to 30"/min. Close approach coming at 01:57CST Mar 4th at a distance of 12.77LD for me with the big rock low in the ENE. This is a big rock, possibly 3/4 mile. The uncertainty =0, so plotting should be easy.
Moon is not a factor.