Jupiter Today - 27 April 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 816111449.07 km from the Sun.

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 673829462.33 km from the Earth.
 
Positions:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 423077.36 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 423483.46 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 422624.76 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum eastern elongation <===
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 421132.62 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 420106.92 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 668723.67 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 671427.72 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 674050.78 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 676092.51 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 677162.91 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1069672.42 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1069241.19 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068862.86 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum eastern elongation <===
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068552.93 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068329.52 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1880862.34 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1882150.56 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1883453.39 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1884760.69 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum western elongation <===
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1886055.60 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an apojove at 4 hours 51 minutes UTC at a distance of 423508.29 km.


Events:

Io Occultation disappears at 0 hours 26.0 minutes
Io Eclipse reappears at 3 hours 5.7 minutes
Io Transit begins at 21 hours 44.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit begins at 22 hours 11.0 minutes
Io Transit ends at 23 hours 54.0 minutes
Europa Transit begins at 17 hours 30.0 minutes
Europa Shadow Transit begins at 18 hours 26.0 minutes
Europa Transit ends at 19 hours 55.0 minutes
Europa Shadow Transit ends at 20 hours 53.0 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

 

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