Jupiter Today | 31 May 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 815898814.58 km from the Sun.
    7590.04 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Accelerating towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 316.25 km/h (7.17 km/h faster than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 722146280.19 km from the Earth.
    1915588.74 km further from the Earth than yesterday
    Accelerating away from the Earth at a radial velocity of 79816.20 km/h (959.53 km/h faster than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 422573.89 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 421061.05 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 420066.26 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 420336.57 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 421668.25 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 668140.22 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 666108.98 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 665061.03 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 665222.66 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 666556.88 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072862.08 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072638.88 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1072309.05 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1071887.49 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1071394.83 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1884247.49 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1885501.98 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1886741.42 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1887948.38 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1889103.83 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 6385898.59 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 6446369.31 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 6505440.65 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 6563146.87 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 6619519.82 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an perijove at 13 hours 48 minutes UTC at a distance of 420003.49 km.
Europa goes through an perijove at 14 hours 13 minutes UTC at a distance of 664975.78 km.

Events:

Io Transit begins at 12 hours 12.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit begins at 13 hours 14.0 minutes
Io Transit ends at 14 hours 23.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit ends at 15 hours 25.0 minutes
Europa Occultation disappears at 10 hours 48.0 minutes
Europa Eclipse reappears at 15 hours 19.5 minutes
Ganymede Occultation disappears at 8 hours 11.0 minutes
Ganymede Occultation reappears at 10 hours 38.0 minutes
Ganymede Eclipse disappears at 12 hours 33.1 minutes
Ganymede Eclipse reappears at 14 hours 51.9 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