Jupiter Today: Jupiter Today | 30 September 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 814453327.55 km from the Sun.
    16207.82 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 675.33 km/h
        (3.12 km/h faster than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 952818188.30 km from the Earth.
    797014.55 km further from the Earth than yesterday
    Moving away the Earth at a radial velocity of 33208.94 km/h
        (1243.89 km/h slower than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 420477.78 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 420022.08 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 420881.17 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 422395.74 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 423438.65 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 676893.83 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 677177.27 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 676264.77 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 674349.79 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 671803.90 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1071644.89 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1071077.57 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1070488.37 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1069910.12 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1069371.70 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1895217.23 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1894576.55 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1893827.54 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1892984.92 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1892060.13 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 8023585.60 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 8017128.55 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 8009751.21 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 8001462.75 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 7992273.53 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an perijove at 5 hours 1 minutes UTC at a distance of 420002.94 km.
Europa goes through an apojove at 4 hours 24 minutes UTC at a distance of 677220.87 km.

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Events:

Io Transit begins at 15 hours 45.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit begins at 16 hours 11.0 minutes
Io Transit ends at 17 hours 57.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit ends at 18 hours 22.0 minutes
Ganymede Occultation disappears at 6 hours 27.0 minutes
Ganymede Eclipse reappears at 10 hours 26.3 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: