Jupiter Today: Jupiter Today | 19 September 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 814627155.52 km from the Sun.
    15294.94 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 637.29 km/h
        (4.56 km/h faster than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 942431030.85 km from the Earth.
    1117411.63 km further from the Earth than yesterday
    Moving away the Earth at a radial velocity of 46558.82 km/h
        (1166.26 km/h slower than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 422879.58 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 421406.34 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 420193.67 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 420162.63 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 421336.71 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 673840.63 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 675909.02 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 677047.99 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 677022.18 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 675834.12 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068400.17 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068891.83 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1069465.38 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1070089.37 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1070728.59 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1871046.42 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1870430.15 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1869928.24 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1869536.64 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1869252.22 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 7402890.82 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 7437687.65 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 7471424.23 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 7504106.63 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 7535751.64 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an perijove at 15 hours 8 minutes UTC at a distance of 420002.26 km.
Europa goes through an apojove at 14 hours 52 minutes UTC at a distance of 677187.53 km.

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Events:

Io Occultation disappears at 3 hours 34.0 minutes
Io Eclipse reappears at 6 hours 22.6 minutes
Ganymede Transit begins at 11 hours 32.0 minutes
Ganymede Transit ends at 13 hours 59.0 minutes
Ganymede Shadow Transit begins at 14 hours 10.0 minutes
Ganymede Shadow Transit ends at 16 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: