Jupiter Today: Jupiter Today | 02 December 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 813297772.24 km from the Sun.
    20590.08 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 857.92 km/h
        (4.30 km/h faster than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 939533839.14 km from the Earth.
    1185933.22 km closer to the Earth than yesterday
    Moving towards the Earth at a radial velocity of 49413.88 km/h
        (1225.68 km/h faster than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 423046.65 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 421647.29 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 420332.32 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 420090.65 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 421110.85 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 673751.34 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 675964.74 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 677234.39 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 677306.16 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 676161.55 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1072572.06 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1072512.88 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072355.39 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072111.73 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1071796.70 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1891145.31 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1892143.81 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1893042.21 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1893840.66 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1894543.22 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 7029963.47 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 6983491.50 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 6935839.43 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 6886976.78 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 6836878.66 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an perijove at 16 hours 4 minutes UTC at a distance of 420017.58 km.
Europa goes through an apojove at 15 hours 21 minutes UTC at a distance of 677430.05 km.

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Events:

Io Eclipse disappears at 12 hours 7.7 minutes
Io Occultation reappears at 14 hours 54.0 minutes
Europa Eclipse disappears at 8 hours 11.4 minutes
Europa Occultation reappears at 11 hours 44.0 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: