Jupiter Today | 28 May 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 815921204.78 km from the Sun.
    7190.02 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Accelerating towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 299.58 km/h (2.91 km/h faster than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 716469404.09 km from the Earth.
    1844286.26 km further from the Earth than yesterday
    Accelerating away from the Earth at a radial velocity of 76845.26 km/h (1053.59 km/h faster than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 420039.43 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 420444.40 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 421832.50 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 423162.32 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 423458.85 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 665005.72 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 665280.05 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 666685.81 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 668942.44 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 671605.91 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1068738.75 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1069142.64 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1069608.08 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1070118.30 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1070652.42 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1871156.54 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1871895.54 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1872717.58 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1873621.60 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1874608.57 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an perijove at 1 hours 11 minutes UTC at a distance of 420011.74 km.
Io goes through an apojove at 22 hours 21 minutes UTC at a distance of 423510.49 km.
Europa goes through an perijove at 1 hours 38 minutes UTC at a distance of 664960.76 km.

Events:

Io Shadow Transit begins at 0 hours 17.0 minutes
Io Transit ends at 1 hour 28.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit ends at 2 hours 27.0 minutes
Io Occultation disappears at 20 hours 28.0 minutes
Io Eclipse reappears at 23 hours 42.6 minutes
Europa Eclipse reappears at 2 hours 2.4 minutes
Ganymede Shadow Transit ends at 0 hours 41.0 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