Jupiter Today: Jupiter Today | 06 November 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 813807894.62 km from the Sun.
    18668.75 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 777.86 km/h
        (3.60 km/h faster than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 960363950.26 km from the Earth.
    372801.57 km closer to the Earth than yesterday
    Moving towards the Earth at a radial velocity of 15533.40 km/h
        (1336.29 km/h faster than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 420555.01 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 420011.29 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 420780.82 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 422278.12 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 423388.11 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 665208.13 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 664823.77 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 665661.25 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 667552.53 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 670122.23 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1068960.35 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1068521.94 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1068167.05 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1067918.56 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1067795.95 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1879425.66 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1878221.88 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1877046.18 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1875907.99 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1874822.74 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 6511997.91 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 6569794.76 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 6626236.81 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 6681351.89 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 6735172.65 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an perijove at 5 hours 27 minutes UTC at a distance of 420005.30 km.
Europa goes through an perijove at 4 hours 52 minutes UTC at a distance of 664801.69 km.

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Events:

Io Occultation reappears at 1 hour 23.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit begins at 20 hours 11.0 minutes
Io Transit begins at 20 hours 22.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit ends at 22 hours 21.0 minutes
Io Transit ends at 22 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: