Jupiter Today | 02 June 2017 | Mutual Transits

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 815883712.89 km from the Sun.
    7545.06 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 314.37 km/h (0.48 km/h slower than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 726044208.62 km from the Earth.
    1959850.50 km further from the Earth than yesterday
    Moving away from the Earth at a radial velocity of 81660.04 km/h (907.19 km/h faster than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 421155.80 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 420104.67 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 420304.12 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 421600.48 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 423012.73 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 676017.37 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 677064.99 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 676940.98 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 675676.10 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 673527.54 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1069196.54 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1068714.90 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068316.21 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068024.24 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1067855.81 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1893014.04 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1893803.10 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1894506.52 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1895110.18 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1895599.52 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 6832008.38 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 6881947.82 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 6930663.78 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 6978185.45 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 7024532.14 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an perijove at 8 hours 7 minutes UTC at a distance of 420016.64 km.
Europa goes through an apojove at 8 hours 23 minutes UTC at a distance of 677160.60 km.

Events:

Io Transit begins at 6 hours 39.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit begins at 7 hours 43.0 minutes
Io Transit ends at 8 hours 50.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit ends at 9 hours 53.0 minutes
Europa Transit begins at 5 hours 19.0 minutes
Europa Shadow Transit begins at 7 hours 32.0 minutes
Europa Transit ends at 7 hours 47.0 minutes
Europa Shadow Transit ends at 9 hours 57.0 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