Jupiter Today: Jupiter Today

Distance:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 815456850.00 km from the Sun.
    10905.54 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 454.40 km/h
        (4.85 km/h faster than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 828690456.53 km from the Earth.
    2284379.35 km further from the Earth than yesterday
    Moving away the Earth at a radial velocity of 95182.47 km/h
        (233.63 km/h slower than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 420323.03 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 420080.07 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 421106.62 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 422620.00 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 423503.30 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 676809.03 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 677063.82 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 676145.15 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 674245.54 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 671729.67 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1070838.55 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1071429.80 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1071977.25 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1072447.72 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1072813.98 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1874338.50 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1875400.73 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1876518.43 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1877676.79 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1878867.56 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 4897021.17 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 4991826.70 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 5084334.51 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 5174638.25 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 5262816.44 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an perijove at 4 hours 4 minutes UTC at a distance of 420006.38 km.
Europa goes through an apojove at 4 hours 17 minutes UTC at a distance of 677113.52 km.

Audio:

Events:

Io Transit begins at 6 hours 54.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit begins at 8 hours 8.0 minutes
Io Transit ends at 9 hours 5.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit ends at 10 hours 18.0 minutes
Europa Transit begins at 10 hours 0.0 minutes
Europa Transit ends at 12 hours 30.0 minutes
Europa Shadow Transit begins at 12 hours 35.0 minutes
Europa Shadow Transit ends at 14 hours 58.0 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