Jupiter Today: Jupiter Today | 23 September 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 814564930.27 km from the Sun.
    15705.56 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 654.40 km/h
        (3.43 km/h faster than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 946616232.75 km from the Earth.
    1003222.76 km further from the Earth than yesterday
    Moving away the Earth at a radial velocity of 41800.95 km/h
        (1201.33 km/h slower than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 420277.69 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 420098.47 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 421174.77 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 422684.94 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 423511.63 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 677019.43 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 677064.96 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 675939.35 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 673876.11 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 671271.44 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1071448.95 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1070842.86 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1070221.48 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1069617.71 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1069061.28 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1874968.77 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1876097.61 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1877290.31 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1878526.31 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1879787.78 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 7838524.32 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 7857486.38 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 7875495.35 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 7892567.87 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 7908718.75 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an perijove at 3 hours 47 minutes UTC at a distance of 420001.64 km.
Europa goes through an apojove at 3 hours 14 minutes UTC at a distance of 677195.32 km.

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Events:

Io Transit begins at 13 hours 44.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit begins at 14 hours 17.0 minutes
Io Transit ends at 15 hours 56.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit ends at 16 hours 27.0 minutes
Ganymede Occultation disappears at 2 hours 1.0 minutes
Ganymede Eclipse reappears at 6 hours 28.6 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: