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Jupiter Today | 02 May 2017 | All One Side

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 816085305.17 km from the Sun.

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 678366925.69 km from the Earth.

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 421481.99 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 422920.81 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 423509.66 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 422813.77 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 421337.58 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 676007.49 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 673937.87 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 671308.42 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 668620.62 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 666402.01 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072599.79 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072528.62 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072350.60 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072079.38 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1071733.38 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1896434.28 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1896188.45 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1895814.43 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1895313.49 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1894694.24 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an apojove at 11 hours 44 minutes UTC at a distance of 423510.96 km.

Events:

Io Occultation disappears at 7 hours 45.0 minutes
Io Eclipse reappears at 10 hours 31.7 minutes
Ganymede Occultation disappears at 18 hours 19.0 minutes
Ganymede Occultation reappears at 20 hours 34.0 minutes
Ganymede Eclipse disappears at 20 hours 35.5 minutes
Ganymede Eclipse reappears at 22 hours 58.5 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


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