Jupiter Today: Jupiter Today | 24 September 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 814549254.68 km from the Sun.
    15675.59 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 653.15 km/h
        (1.25 km/h slower than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 947590538.15 km from the Earth.
    974305.40 km further from the Earth than yesterday
    Moving away the Earth at a radial velocity of 40596.06 km/h
        (1204.89 km/h slower than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 423511.63 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 423052.51 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 421639.54 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 420311.54 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 420067.09 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 671271.44 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 668622.37 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 666442.46 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 665162.20 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 665037.57 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1069061.28 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1068577.22 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1068185.16 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1067898.98 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1067727.01 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1879787.78 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1881063.47 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1882348.15 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1883638.72 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1884929.23 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 7908718.75 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 7923953.61 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 7938268.15 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 7951654.19 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 7964108.42 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an apojove at 0 hours 55 minutes UTC at a distance of 423527.64 km.
Io goes through an perijove at 22 hours 4 minutes UTC at a distance of 419994.29 km.
Europa goes through an perijove at 21 hours 37 minutes UTC at a distance of 664941.68 km.

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Events:

Io Occultation disappears at 11 hours 5.0 minutes
Io Eclipse reappears at 13 hours 48.5 minutes
Europa Transit begins at 0 hours 15.0 minutes
Europa Shadow Transit begins at 1 hour 22.0 minutes
Europa Transit ends at 2 hours 41.0 minutes
Europa Shadow Transit ends at 3 hours 42.0 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: