Jupiter Today: Jupiter Today | 28 September 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 814485668.46 km from the Sun.
    16089.84 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 670.41 km/h
        (8.62 km/h faster than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 951194305.92 km from the Earth.
    856571.65 km further from the Earth than yesterday
    Moving away the Earth at a radial velocity of 35690.49 km/h
        (1239.62 km/h slower than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 421796.66 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 420404.08 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 420021.55 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 420937.77 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 422464.35 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 666666.22 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 665243.30 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 664986.00 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 665953.03 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 667936.26 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1072582.33 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1072897.34 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1073092.37 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1073157.71 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1073091.55 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1896004.64 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1896310.98 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1896498.42 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1896573.58 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1896539.57 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 8042808.74 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 8043542.94 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 8043373.07 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 8042300.67 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 8040335.03 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an perijove at 10 hours 42 minutes UTC at a distance of 419988.10 km.
Europa goes through an perijove at 10 hours 14 minutes UTC at a distance of 664931.90 km.
Ganymede goes through an apojove at 17 hours 58 minutes UTC at a distance of 1073157.71 km.
Callisto goes through an apojove at 19 hours 8 minutes UTC at a distance of 1896575.53 km.

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Events:

Io Occultation disappears at 0 hours 6.0 minutes
Io Eclipse reappears at 2 hours 45.6 minutes
Io Transit begins at 21 hours 14.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit begins at 21 hours 42.0 minutes
Io Transit ends at 23 hours 26.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit ends at 23 hours 53.0 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: