Jupiter Today: Jupiter Today

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 814063456.13 km from the Sun.
    17689.85 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 737.08 km/h
        (4.79 km/h faster than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 962654637.91 km from the Earth.
    78894.03 km further from the Earth than yesterday
    Moving away from the Earth at a radial velocity of 3287.25 km/h
        (1350.72 km/h slower than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 420175.64 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 420177.94 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 421365.11 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 422842.26 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 423519.40 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 664959.49 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 665073.33 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 666357.82 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 668556.73 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 671237.18 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1068703.78 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1068381.40 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1068146.08 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1068014.49 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1067998.44 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1869581.42 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1869289.73 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1869113.82 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1869051.55 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1869106.62 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 2131986.30 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 1928118.28 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 1709455.78 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 1472130.77 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 1209897.33 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an perijove at 2 hours 59 minutes UTC at a distance of 420003.14 km.
Europa goes through an perijove at 2 hours 27 minutes UTC at a distance of 664857.51 km.
Ganymede goes through an perijove at 21 hours 49 minutes UTC at a distance of 1067990.42 km.
Callisto goes through an perijove at 18 hours 14 minutes UTC at a distance of 1869051.45 km.

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Events:

Io Transit begins at 16 hours 19.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit begins at 16 hours 22.0 minutes
Io Transit ends at 18 hours 31.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit ends at 18 hours 33.0 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: