Devil'S Comet April 2024. On this visit, it will make its closest pass to the sun on april 21, 2024, before making its closest approach to earth on june 2, when it will be about 232 million km (144 million miles) away. So around april 21 is when to try for a view of the “devil comet” although the easiest time to see it will be april 12 when it's closest to jupiter.
Apr 4, 2024, 5:30 am pdt. In the first of those significant outbursts, on july 20, 2023, the comet brightened by a factor of a hundred times, shedding an estimated 10 million metric tons of dust and ice.