Jupiter Today: Jupiter Today | 07 December 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 813194376.83 km from the Sun.
    20698.73 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 862.45 km/h
        (1.74 km/h slower than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 933170274.86 km from the Earth.
    1329976.22 km closer to the Earth than yesterday
    Moving towards the Earth at a radial velocity of 55415.68 km/h
        (1184.46 km/h faster than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 423455.26 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 423188.18 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 421867.49 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 420463.82 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 420025.61 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 671752.08 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 668953.81 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 666555.58 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 665042.41 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 664736.30 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1069659.90 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1070096.43 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1070548.42 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1070996.41 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1071418.61 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1890764.92 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1889687.88 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1888559.98 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1887383.79 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1886160.88 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 5851631.09 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 5777156.74 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 5700971.33 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 5623023.93 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 5543254.99 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an apojove at 1 hours 48 minutes UTC at a distance of 423516.37 km.
Io goes through an perijove at 22 hours 58 minutes UTC at a distance of 420004.76 km.
Europa goes through an perijove at 22 hours 25 minutes UTC at a distance of 664690.79 km.

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Events:

Io Shadow Transit ends at 0 hours 26.0 minutes
Io Transit ends at 1 hour 6.0 minutes
Io Eclipse disappears at 19 hours 32.7 minutes
Io Occultation reappears at 22 hours 23.0 minutes
Europa Shadow Transit begins at 16 hours 22.0 minutes
Europa Transit begins at 17 hours 41.0 minutes
Europa Shadow Transit ends at 18 hours 39.0 minutes
Europa Transit ends at 19 hours 59.0 minutes
Ganymede Shadow Transit begins at 9 hours 56.0 minutes
Ganymede Shadow Transit ends at 11 hours 49.0 minutes
Ganymede Transit begins at 12 hours 37.0 minutes
Ganymede Transit ends at 14 hours 34.0 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: