Jupiter Today: Jupiter Today | 11 July 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 815531487.32 km from the Sun.
    10359.87 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 431.66 km/h
        (3.04 km/h faster than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 812599886.45 km from the Earth.
    2313088.18 km further from the Earth than yesterday
    Moving away the Earth at a radial velocity of 96378.67 km/h
        (89.04 km/h slower than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 420164.59 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 420201.53 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 421413.24 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 422882.81 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 423529.95 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 676954.46 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 676974.35 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 675841.21 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 673786.57 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 671201.58 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1071068.70 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1071589.74 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1072055.81 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072439.44 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072720.03 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1885089.21 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1883787.43 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1882479.83 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1881184.90 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1879914.55 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 246197.43 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 427592.07 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 819163.83 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 1131578.93 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 1402439.95 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an perijove at 2 hours 50 minutes UTC at a distance of 420007.58 km.
Io goes through an apojove at 23 hours 59 minutes UTC at a distance of 423529.95 km.
Europa goes through an apojove at 3 hours 6 minutes UTC at a distance of 677115.08 km.

Audio:

Events:

Io Transit begins at 4 hours 58.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit begins at 6 hours 13.0 minutes
Io Transit ends at 7 hours 9.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit ends at 8 hours 23.0 minutes
Europa Transit begins at 7 hours 21.0 minutes
Europa Transit ends at 9 hours 51.0 minutes
Europa Shadow Transit begins at 9 hours 58.0 minutes
Europa Shadow Transit ends at 12 hours 21.0 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