Jupiter Today | 16 May 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 816002944.66 km from the Sun.
    6448.99 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 268.71 km/h (2.72 km/h faster than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 696155569.20 km from the Earth.
    1497426.01 km further from the Earth than yesterday
    Moving away from the Earth at a radial velocity of 62392.75 km/h (1384.24 km/h faster than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 420888.14 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 422385.79 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 423425.40 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 423243.71 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
 At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 421967.74 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 676550.01 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 674827.60 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 672377.56 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 669665.37 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 667217.32 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072434.43 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072550.36 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072563.72 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072473.91 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072287.52 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1892313.76 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1893223.91 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1894024.26 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1894712.69 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1895292.77 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an apojove at 14 hours 11 minutes UTC at a distance of 423515.58 km.
Ganymede goes through an apojove at 9 hours 46 minutes UTC at a distance of 1072571.00 km.

Events:

Io Occultation disappears at 11 hours 18.0 minutes
Io Eclipse reappears at 14 hours 21.4 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.  Black dot indicates location of Jupiter