Jupiter Today: Jupiter Today | 18 September 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 814642450.46 km from the Sun.
    15185.56 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 632.73 km/h
        (2.51 km/h faster than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 941313619.22 km from the Earth.
    1145402.00 km further from the Earth than yesterday
    Moving away the Earth at a radial velocity of 47725.08 km/h
        (1152.89 km/h slower than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 420187.82 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 421401.45 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 422877.09 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 423526.84 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 422879.58 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 665165.35 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 666431.50 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 668598.17 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 671238.31 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 673840.63 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1067651.31 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1067635.24 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1067757.45 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068015.92 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068400.17 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1874537.22 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1873538.61 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1872612.36 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1871776.56 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1871046.42 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 7253069.03 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 7292137.90 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 7330120.29 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 7367035.03 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 7402890.82 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an apojove at 18 hours 0 minutes UTC at a distance of 423526.84 km.
Ganymede goes through an perijove at 3 hours 43 minutes UTC at a distance of 1067625.23 km.

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Events:

Io Transit begins at 6 hours 13.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit begins at 6 hours 51.0 minutes
Io Transit ends at 8 hours 25.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit ends at 9 hours 1.0 minutes
Europa Occultation disappears at 15 hours 38.0 minutes
Europa Eclipse reappears at 19 hours 16.3 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: