Jupiter Today | 26 May 2017 | Mutual Transits

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 815935514.81 km from the Sun.
    6960.39 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Accelerating towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 290.01 km/h (0.43 km/h slower than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 712806117.67 km from the Earth.
    1793105.43 km further from the Earth than yesterday
    Accelerating away from the Earth at a radial velocity of 74712.73 km/h (1116.25 km/h faster than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 420871.09 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 420035.30 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 420505.21 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 421917.28 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 423209.94 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 676328.03 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 677155.95 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 676794.10 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 675324.52 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 673039.03 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1069162.62 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068748.57 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068414.50 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068180.79 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068061.31 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1869322.43 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1869127.34 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1869043.55 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1869078.77 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1869241.99 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an perijove at 6 hours 54 minutes UTC at a distance of 420019.34 km.
Europa goes through an apojove at 7 hours 12 minutes UTC at a distance of 677180.05 km.
Callisto goes through an perijove at 13 hours 18 minutes UTC at a distance of 1869040.75 km.

Events:

Io Transit begins at 4 hours 50.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit begins at 5 hours 48.0 minutes
Io Transit ends at 7 hours 1.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit ends at 7 hours 59.0 minutes
Europa Transit begins at 2 hours 53.0 minutes
Europa Shadow Transit begins at 4 hours 55.0 minutes
Europa Transit ends at 5 hours 20.0 minutes
Europa Shadow Transit ends at 7 hours 20.0 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