Friday and Saturday, Jupiter will be the closest it gets to Earth. “Jupiter is at his best and brightest, as well as at his closest distance to us,” Chester wrote. The planet is joined by cosmic comrade Spica, the brightest star in the constellation Virgo and the 16th-brightest star in the sky. By next Friday, the planet rises at 6:56 p.m. and sets the following day around 6:30 a.m., according to the Naval Observatory. On April 21, the planet rises at 6:24 p.m. and sets around 6 a.m. the next day.

Source: Washington Post April 07, 2017 15:30 UTC