Jupiter Today: Jupiter Today | 06 September 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 814821383.91 km from the Sun.
    14401.94 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 600.08 km/h
        (1.75 km/h faster than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 925803404.48 km from the Earth.
    1459795.36 km further from the Earth than yesterday
    Moving away the Earth at a radial velocity of 60824.81 km/h
        (1025.24 km/h slower than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 421976.27 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 423260.54 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 423445.20 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 422389.40 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 420865.65 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 675075.05 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 672717.90 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 670033.13 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 667539.43 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 665733.11 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1071080.99 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1071655.23 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1072168.25 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1072597.60 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1072924.10 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1874086.06 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1875107.31 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1876182.61 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1877310.88 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1878491.25 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 3627593.20 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 3757251.56 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 3882902.54 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 4004792.65 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 4123133.20 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an apojove at 9 hours 50 minutes UTC at a distance of 423535.96 km.

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Events:

Io Occultation disappears at 18 hours 3.0 minutes
Io Eclipse reappears at 21 hours 2.3 minutes
Europa Transit begins at 5 hours 13.0 minutes
Europa Shadow Transit begins at 6 hours 52.0 minutes
Europa Transit ends at 7 hours 41.0 minutes
Europa Shadow Transit ends at 9 hours 13.0 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: