Jupiter Today: Jupiter Today | 27 September 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 814501758.30 km from the Sun.
    15882.86 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 661.79 km/h
        (1.32 km/h faster than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 950337734.27 km from the Earth.
    886322.61 km further from the Earth than yesterday
    Moving away the Earth at a radial velocity of 36930.11 km/h
        (1226.48 km/h slower than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 421031.86 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 422551.55 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 423490.61 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 423159.69 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 421796.66 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 676161.58 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 674205.76 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 671639.90 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 668952.28 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 666666.22 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1070473.92 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1071085.78 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1071657.22 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1072162.89 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1072582.33 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1893601.15 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1894360.81 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1895023.52 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1895574.77 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1896004.64 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 8030989.15 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 8035268.16 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 12.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 8038662.91 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 8041178.34 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 8042808.74 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an apojove at 13 hours 31 minutes UTC at a distance of 423534.83 km.

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Events:

Io Transit begins at 2 hours 44.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit begins at 3 hours 14.0 minutes
Io Transit ends at 4 hours 56.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit ends at 5 hours 24.0 minutes
Europa Transit begins at 13 hours 39.0 minutes
Europa Shadow Transit begins at 14 hours 39.0 minutes
Europa Transit ends at 16 hours 5.0 minutes
Europa Shadow Transit ends at 16 hours 59.0 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: