Jupiter Today - 24 April 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 816126301.34 km from the Sun.

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 671606436.74 km from the Earth.

Positions:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 422478.49 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 420981.95 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 420064.98 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 420431.55 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum western elongation <===
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 421795.67 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 674195.71 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 676189.54 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 677200.47 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 677016.27 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 675678.88 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072054.27 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072332.29 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072523.95 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072617.30 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072603.67 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1869572.44 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1870027.80 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1870588.01 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1871244.88 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1871996.98 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an perijove at 13 hours 22 minutes UTC at a distance of 420028.66 km.
Europa goes through an apojove at 14 hours 6 minutes UTC at a distance of 677275.70 km.
Ganymede goes through an apojove at 20 hours 16 minutes UTC at a distance of 1072625.06 km.

Events:

Io Transit begins at 8 hours 52.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit begins at 9 hours 14.0 minutes
Io Transit ends at 11 hours 2.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit ends at 11 hours 26.0 minutes
Europa Transit begins at 4 hours 21.0 minutes
Europa Shadow Transit begins at 5 hours 7.0 minutes
Europa Transit ends at 6 hours 45.0 minutes
Europa Shadow Transit ends at 7 hours 34.0 minutes

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