Jupiter Today | 22 May 2017 | Double Transits

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 815963304.37 km from the Sun.
    6819.49 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Accelerating towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 284.15 km/h (6.48 km/h faster than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 705797042.35 km from the Earth.
    1682109.82 km further from the Earth than yesterday
    Accelerating away from the Earth at a radial velocity of 70087.91 km/h (1217.67 km/h faster than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 423354.81 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 422211.25 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 420731.93 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 420021.22 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 420626.84 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 672141.13 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 674620.49 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 676417.42 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 677181.54 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 676749.43 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1070846.48 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1071311.16 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1071741.70 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072116.07 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072412.78 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1884739.96 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1883451.15 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1882142.87 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1880832.84 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1879542.33 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an perijove at 18 hours 15 minutes UTC at a distance of 420019.92 km.
Europa goes through an apojove at 18 hours 51 minutes UTC at a distance of 677193.68 km.

Events:

Io Transit begins at 15 hours 56.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit begins at 16 hours 51.0 minutes
Io Transit ends at 18 hours 7.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit ends at 19 hours 2.0 minutes
Europa Transit begins at 13 hours 40.0 minutes
Europa Shadow Transit begins at 15 hours 35.0 minutes
Europa Transit ends at 16 hours 8.0 minutes
Europa Shadow Transit ends at 18 hours 1.0 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.  Black dot indicates location of Jupiter