Jupiter Today - 22 April 2017

Distances: 

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 816135772.87 km from the Sun.

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 670338724.91 km from the Earth.




Positions:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 423418.44 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 422400.77 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum eastern elongation <===
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 420906.14 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 420045.50 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 420471.84 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 670369.10 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 667790.40 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 665844.49 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 664916.65 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 665192.32 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068634.90 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1068993.51 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1069420.46 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1069888.81 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1070371.11 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1870452.77 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1869928.55 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1869513.07 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1869207.23 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1869017.79 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an perijove at 19 hours 5 minutes UTC at a distance of 420022.98 km.
Europa goes through an perijove at 19 hours 39 minutes UTC at a distance of 664870.33 km.
 

Earth direction along green line to the left

Sun direction along blue line to the left

Orbits as seen from above.  Moons orbit counter-clockwise.  Black dots represent location of respective moon at 0h, 6h, 12h, 18h, and 24h UTC.

Purple path: Io
Blue path: Europa
Yellow path: Ganymede
Red path: Callisto

Events: 
 

Io Transit begins at 14 hours 25.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit begins at 14 hours 46.0 minutes
Io Transit ends at 16 hours 36.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit ends at 16 hours 57.0 minutes

Europa Occultation disappears at 10 hours 7.0 minutes
Europa Eclipse reappears at 13 hours 12.7 minutes

Ganymede Transit begins at 1 hour 14.0 minutes
Ganymede Shadow Transit begins at 2 hours 28.0 minutes
Ganymede Transit ends at 3 hours 23.0 minutes
Ganymede Shadow Transit ends at 4 hours 52.0 minutes