Jupiter Today - 26 April 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 816116433.28 km from the Sun.

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 673046010.07 km from the Earth.

Positions:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 421039.54 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 420069.17 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 420362.32 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum western elongation <===
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 421698.32 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 423077.36 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 666037.35 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 664961.33 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 665116.78 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 666467.28 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum eastern elongation <===
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 668723.67 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1071539.20 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1071096.56 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1070622.34 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1070139.69 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1069672.42 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1875950.01 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1877127.30 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1878346.11 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1879593.24 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1880862.34 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an perijove at 7 hours 41 minutes UTC at a distance of 420014.06 km.
Europa goes through an perijove at 8 hours 16 minutes UTC at a distance of 664871.07 km.

Events:

Io Transit begins at 3 hours 18.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit begins at 3 hours 43.0 minutes
Io Transit ends at 5 hours 28.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit ends at 5 hours 54.0 minutes
Europa Eclipse reappears at 2 hours 29.6 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

Orbital Ribbons: These are the spacial and temporal connections between the four Jovian Moons