... March 22, 1996 . Where to See Comet Hyakutake . ... All during the coming week, Comet Hyakutake will be visible in the northern sky as an unusual extended fuzzy patch. ... The comet's location in the sky during late March is charted above. ... Although Comet Hyakutake is whizzing past the Earth at a blistering speed of almost 100,000 miles per hour, and it is practically streaking across the sky by astronomical standards, it will appear to move only a few degrees on any given night. ...