Jupiter Today: Jupiter Today | 09 September 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 814777358.65 km from the Sun.
    14703.67 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 612.65 km/h
        (0.95 km/h faster than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 930032465.96 km from the Earth.
    1384521.34 km further from the Earth than yesterday
    Moving away the Earth at a radial velocity of 57688.39 km/h
        (1051.37 km/h slower than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 420035.17 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 420416.68 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 421808.10 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 423160.79 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 423482.19 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 677144.28 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 676711.48 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 675184.50 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 672867.76 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 670202.22 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1071112.31 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1070491.75 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1069872.39 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1069286.22 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1068761.27 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1888389.44 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1889525.29 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1890611.41 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1891629.66 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1892562.41 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 4961976.09 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 5055224.55 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 5146220.13 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 5235052.70 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 5321799.97 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an perijove at 1 hours 19 minutes UTC at a distance of 420000.39 km.
Io goes through an apojove at 22 hours 27 minutes UTC at a distance of 423528.18 km.
Europa goes through an apojove at 0 hours 50 minutes UTC at a distance of 677156.01 km.

Audio:

Events:

Io Transit begins at 9 hours 42.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit begins at 10 hours 28.0 minutes
Io Transit ends at 11 hours 54.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit ends at 12 hours 38.0 minutes
Europa Transit begins at 18 hours 37.0 minutes
Europa Shadow Transit begins at 20 hours 11.0 minutes
Europa Transit ends at 21 hours 5.0 minutes
Europa Shadow Transit ends at 22 hours 31.0 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: