The largest planet in our solar system will come its closest to Earth in 59 years tonight.

[Jupiter] will come within 590 million kilometres of Earth on September 26. At its furthest, Jupiter it is almost twice as far from our planet.

Adam Kobelski from NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in the US says the four largest moons orbiting the planet – Ganymede, Europa, Io and Callisto – will also be visible.