Jupiter Today: Jupiter Today | 30 November 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 813338849.10 km from the Sun.
    20263.72 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 844.32 km/h
        (0.22 km/h slower than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 941876289.21 km from the Earth.
    1126780.46 km closer to the Earth than yesterday
    Moving towards the Earth at a radial velocity of 46949.19 km/h
        (1237.95 km/h faster than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 423513.22 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 422982.56 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 421548.75 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 420268.69 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 420100.86 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 671165.41 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 668420.84 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 666182.09 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 664905.49 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 664865.95 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1070093.62 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1070562.93 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1071023.46 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1071455.01 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1071836.68 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1881178.79 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1882504.67 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1883821.97 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1885124.29 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1886408.06 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 7361072.74 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 7323527.08 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 7284917.91 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 7245226.33 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 7204429.79 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an apojove at 0 hours 34 minutes UTC at a distance of 423519.35 km.
Io goes through an perijove at 21 hours 45 minutes UTC at a distance of 420002.28 km.
Europa goes through an perijove at 21 hours 11 minutes UTC at a distance of 664722.93 km.

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Events:

Io Eclipse disappears at 17 hours 39.4 minutes
Io Occultation reappears at 20 hours 24.0 minutes
Europa Shadow Transit begins at 13 hours 49.0 minutes
Europa Transit begins at 14 hours 55.0 minutes
Europa Shadow Transit ends at 16 hours 6.0 minutes
Europa Transit ends at 17 hours 14.0 minutes
Ganymede Shadow Transit begins at 5 hours 57.0 minutes
Ganymede Shadow Transit ends at 7 hours 52.0 minutes
Ganymede Transit begins at 8 hours 12.0 minutes
Ganymede Transit ends at 10 hours 12.0 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: