Jupiter Today: Jupiter Today | 16 September 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 814672761.30 km from the Sun.
    15149.61 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 631.23 km/h
        (1.31 km/h faster than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 938995146.05 km from the Earth.
    1200397.78 km further from the Earth than yesterday
    Moving away the Earth at a radial velocity of 50016.57 km/h
        (1128.37 km/h slower than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 420129.84 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 420232.33 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 421486.61 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 422941.34 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 423524.85 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 677111.38 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 676915.99 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 675582.18 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 673380.65 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 670731.99 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1071371.70 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1070749.98 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1070115.96 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1069503.04 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1068941.56 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1884123.39 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1882847.74 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1881563.65 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1880291.66 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1879050.02 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 6899576.59 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 6947858.89 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 6994930.40 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 7040819.87 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 7085551.11 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an perijove at 2 hours 33 minutes UTC at a distance of 420001.89 km.
Io goes through an apojove at 23 hours 41 minutes UTC at a distance of 423526.79 km.
Europa goes through an apojove at 2 hours 2 minutes UTC at a distance of 677181.13 km.

Audio:

Events:

Io Transit begins at 11 hours 43.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit begins at 12 hours 22.0 minutes
Io Transit ends at 13 hours 55.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit ends at 14 hours 33.0 minutes
Europa Transit begins at 21 hours 26.0 minutes
Europa Shadow Transit begins at 22 hours 46.0 minutes
Europa Transit ends at 23 hours 53.0 minutes
Ganymede Occultation reappears at 0 hours 3.0 minutes
Ganymede Eclipse disappears at 0 hours 26.3 minutes
Ganymede Eclipse reappears at 2 hours 30.3 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: