Jupiter Today: Jupiter Today | 03 December 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 813277126.88 km from the Sun.
    20645.36 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 860.22 km/h
        (2.30 km/h faster than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 938318716.23 km from the Earth.
    1215122.91 km closer to the Earth than yesterday
    Moving towards the Earth at a radial velocity of 50630.12 km/h
        (1216.24 km/h faster than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 421110.85 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 422613.18 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 423483.98 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 423088.25 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 421712.60 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 676161.55 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 674037.73 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 671342.59 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 668590.04 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 666313.04 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1071796.70 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1071426.56 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1071018.04 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1070587.67 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1070151.40 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1894543.22 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1895151.66 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1895661.62 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1896063.22 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1896345.04 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 6836878.66 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 6785530.81 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 6732926.09 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 6679055.57 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 6623900.91 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an apojove at 13 hours 12 minutes UTC at a distance of 423511.00 km.

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Events:

Io Shadow Transit begins at 9 hours 18.0 minutes
Io Transit begins at 9 hours 55.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit ends at 11 hours 29.0 minutes
Io Transit ends at 12 hours 6.0 minutes
Ganymede Eclipse disappears at 20 hours 9.0 minutes
Ganymede Eclipse reappears at 22 hours 4.1 minutes
Ganymede Occultation disappears at 22 hours 37.0 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: