Jupiter Today | 30 May 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 815906404.62 km from the Sun.
    7428.19 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Accelerating towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 309.08 km/h (2.34 km/h faster than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 720230691.45 km from the Earth.
    1892560.64 km further from the Earth than yesterday
    Accelerating away from the Earth at a radial velocity of 78856.67 km/h (993.33 km/h faster than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 420404.44 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 421766.86 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 423125.55 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 423483.27 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 422573.89 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 676915.49 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 675586.59 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 673388.19 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 670737.06 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 668140.22 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072522.85 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072794.86 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072945.69 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072967.13 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072862.08 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1879234.75 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1880480.09 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1881732.97 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1882989.45 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1884247.49 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 6129550.08 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 6195844.30 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 6260654.01 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 6324000.10 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 6385898.59 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an apojove at 16 hours 38 minutes UTC at a distance of 423519.39 km.
Ganymede goes through an apojove at 15 hours 59 minutes UTC at a distance of 1072974.33 km.

Events:

Io Occultation disappears at 14 hours 56.0 minutes
Io Eclipse reappears at 18 hours 11.4 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