Jupiter Today | 27 May 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 815928394.80 km from the Sun.
    7120.01 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Accelerating towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 296.67 km/h (6.66 km/h faster than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 714625117.83 km from the Earth.
    1819000.02 km further from the Earth than yesterday
    Accelerating away from the Earth at a radial velocity of 75791.67 km/h (1078.94 km/h faster than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 423209.94 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 423436.12 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 422431.14 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 420926.60 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 420039.43 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 673039.03 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 670371.72 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 667833.03 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 665917.73 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 665005.72 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068061.31 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068062.26 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068182.17 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068412.54 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068738.75 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1869241.99 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1869537.90 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1869963.47 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1870507.99 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1871156.54 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an apojove at 4 hours 2 minutes UTC at a distance of 423509.64 km.
Ganymede goes through an perijove at 2 hours 57 minutes UTC at a distance of 1068046.64 km.

Events:

Io Occultation disappears at 2 hours 1.0 minutes
Io Eclipse reappears at 5 hours 13.9 minutes
Io Transit begins at 23 hours 17.0 minutes
Europa Occultation disappears at 21 hours 36.0 minutes
Ganymede Transit begins at 18 hours 16.0 minutes
Ganymede Transit ends at 20 hours 40.0 minutes
Ganymede Shadow Transit begins at 22 hours 23.0 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