| 5-day interval | Feb. 23 - 27 | Feb. 28 - Mar. 4 | Mar. 5 - 9 | Mar. 10 - 14 | Mar. 15 - 19 | Mar. 20 -24 |
| total mag. (estimate!) | +2.2 ... +1.4 | +1.2 ... +0.3 | +0.1 ... -0.4 | -0.4 ... 0 | +0.1 ... +1.0 | +1.2 ... +2.1 |
| elongation [°] | 27 ... 24 | 22 ... 19 | 18 ... 15 | 15 ... 16 | 16 ... 19 | 20 ... 24 |
| constellation | Gru - PsA - Scl | Scl - Aqr | Aqr - Cet | Psc - Cet - Psc | Psc | Psc - And |
| lunar illum. [%] | 92 - 100 - 98 | 94 - 60 | 50 - 10 | 4 - 0 - 5 | 10 - 43 | 52 - 87 |
| angle from Moon [°] | 142 - 151 - 148 | 143 - 107 | 97 - 51 | 39 - 5 - 10 | 21 - 67 | 78 - 122 |
| Longyearbyen, Norway, +78° | NOT SEEN | NOT SEEN | NOT SEEN | Emerging at dusk: a few degrees in C, later 5° at C/N | At dusk: 7 ... 10° at C/N; also low at dawn | All night: 15° at C/N rising as well as setting |
| Kiruna, Sweden, +68° | NOT SEEN | NOT SEEN | NOT SEEN | Emerging at dusk: at the end 8° at C/N | At dusk: 8 ... 13° at C/N; also low at dawn | At dusk/night: 15 ... 20° at C/N, 8 ... 12° at N/A, 2 ... 7° in dark; also several degress at dawn |
| Bergen, Norway, +60° | NOT SEEN | NOT SEEN | NOT SEEN | Emerging at dusk: at 2 ... 8° at C/N | At dusk: 9 ... 13° at C/N, 4 ... 8° at N/A; also low at dawn | At dusk: 9 ... 11° at N/A, 2 ... 6° in dark; also a few degrees at dawn |
| Bonn, Germany, +51° | NOT SEEN | NOT SEEN | Just emerging at dusk: 2° at C/N at the end | Low at dusk: 4 ... 9° at C/N; 3° at N/A at the end | At dusk: 10 ... 12° at C/N; 4 ... 7° at N/A; also emerging at dawn | At dusk: 13 ... 14° at C/N; 7 ... 10° at N/A; also at dawn |
| Rhodes, Greece, +36° | NOT SEEN | NOT SEEN | At dusk low in C; at the end 4° at C/N | At dusk: 5 ... 11° at C/N, 0 ... 4° at N/A | At dusk: 12 ... 14° at C/N, 5 ... 7° at N/A | At dusk: approx. constant 12° at C/N and 6° at N/A |
| La Palma, Canary Islands, +28° | NOT SEEN | NOT SEEN | Emerging at dusk, 1 ... 6° at C/N | At dusk, 7 ... 10° at C/N, 2 ... 4° at N/A | At dusk, 4 ... 5° at N/A | At dust, constant 5° at N/A |
| The Gambia, +13° | NOT SEEN | Emerging at dusk, 0 ... 3° at C/N | At dusk, 4 ... 8° at C/N, at the end 2° at N/A | At dusk, constant 9° at C/N and 3° at N/A | At dusk, 8 ... 7° at C/N, 2 ... 1° at N/A | At dusk, 7 ... 6° at C/N |
| Equator, 0° | NOT SEEN | At dusk very low, 2 ... 5° at C/N | At dusk: 7 ... 9° at C/N, 3 ... 4° at N/A | At dusk: 8 ... 6° at C/N, 4 ... 2° at N/A | Vanishing at dusk: early a few degrees at C/N | NOT SEEN |
| Windhoek, Namibia, -23° | At dusk: 6 ... 11° at C/N, 2 ... 4° at N/A; low morning window ends | At dusk: approx. constant 11° at C/N, 4° at N/A | At dusk: 10 ... 8° at C/N | Vanishing at dusk: 7 ... 0° at C/N | NOT SEEN | NOT SEEN |
| Ushuaia, Argentina, -55° | All night: 12 ... 10° at N/A setting; morning window worsening | At dusk: 9 ... 6° at N/A; morning window ends | At dusk: 10 ... 3° at C/N | NOT SEEN | NOT SEEN | NOT SEEN |
| 5-day interval | Feb. 23 - 27 | Feb. 28 - Mar. 4 | Mar. 5 - 9 | Mar. 10 - 14 | Mar. 15 - 19 | Mar. 20 -24 |
In a nutshell: regardless of where you are on the planet, this comet - when at its brightest - in March 2013 will be predominantly an early evening object at low elevation in the fading dusk, first for the southern, then for the northern hemisphere; there are also occasional (and usually even worse) morning visibility windows.
To get it all, one should be deep in the Southern hemisphere from late Feb. til about March 9, then move swiftly to a mid- to high-northern latitude. Low northern latitudes in the March 5 ... 15 timeframe (around expected greatest brilliance) are also a possibility. There is no place on this planet so see the comet in a dark sky around its greatest brightness as the solar elongation is just too small then.
C/N: Sun depression 6°, N/A: Sun depression 12°, dark: Sun below -18°
Based on these ephemeris calculations (plus those linked directly) from July 2012
More on this comet here and here - and this analysis summarized in German here
The Gambia as a destination? According to this tourism operator's site "Gambia enjoys virtually uninterrupted sunshine and high daytime temperatures with almost no rainfall from November to June." See also these statistics, a more detailled analysis, a German story and the global (afternoon) clouds map.
