Jupiter Today: Jupiter Today | 22 November 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 813499464.56 km from the Sun.
    19742.63 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 822.61 km/h
        (4.31 km/h faster than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 950045579.53 km from the Earth.
    882979.52 km closer to the Earth than yesterday
    Moving towards the Earth at a radial velocity of 36790.81 km/h
        (1304.66 km/h faster than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 420109.01 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 420293.59 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 421581.80 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 423002.19 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 423511.82 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 677332.42 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 677075.23 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 675651.39 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 673343.97 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 670589.45 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068597.46 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068971.27 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1069412.42 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1069894.75 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1070393.83 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1882881.37 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1881574.82 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1880264.95 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1878968.20 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1877705.19 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 8039434.17 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 8032688.02 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 8025024.17 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 8016450.75 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 8006979.83 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an perijove at 2 hours 11 minutes UTC at a distance of 420015.41 km.
Io goes through an apojove at 23 hours 20 minutes UTC at a distance of 423520.22 km.
Europa goes through an apojove at 1 hours 46 minutes UTC at a distance of 677386.51 km.

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Events:

Io Shadow Transit begins at 18 hours 27.0 minutes
Io Transit begins at 18 hours 54.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit ends at 20 hours 38.0 minutes
Io Transit ends at 21 hours 5.0 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: