At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 815949446.09 km from the Sun.
6991.69 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
Accelerating towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 291.32 km/h (5.21 km/h faster than yesterday)
At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 709246696.83 km from the Earth.
1738836.17 km further from the Earth than yesterday
Accelerating away from the Earth at a radial velocity of 72451.51 km/h (1167.41 km/h faster than yesterday)
Positions and Motions:
At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 422280.02 km from Jupiter.
===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 420782.70 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 420012.22 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 420547.75 km from Jupiter.
===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 421985.65 km from Jupiter.
At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 667661.19 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 665792.48 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 664975.31 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 665386.70 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 666934.03 km from Jupiter.
At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072540.76 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1072304.90 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1071979.63 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1071579.15 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1071122.88 km from Jupiter.
At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1874859.13 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1873834.26 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1872878.96 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1872007.78 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1871237.44 km from Jupiter.
Io goes through an perijove at 12 hours 35 minutes UTC at a distance of 420005.73 km.
Europa goes through an perijove at 13 hours 0 minutes UTC at a distance of 664957.65 km.
Events:
Io Transit begins at 10 hours 23.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit begins at 11 hours 20.0 minutes
Io Transit ends at 12 hours 34.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit ends at 13 hours 30.0 minutes
Europa Occultation disappears at 8 hours 25.0 minutes
Europa Eclipse reappears at 12 hours 45.4 minutes
Ganymede Occultation disappears at 4 hours 36.0 minutes
Ganymede Occultation reappears at 7 hours 1.0 minutes
Ganymede Eclipse disappears at 8 hours 32.8 minutes
Ganymede Eclipse reappears at 10 hours 52.6 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. Black dot indicates location of Jupiter
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