Jupiter Today: Jupiter Today | 10 December 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 813131436.31 km from the Sun.
    21063.50 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 877.65 km/h
        (3.48 km/h faster than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 929010198.07 km from the Earth.
    1414839.95 km closer to the Earth than yesterday
    Moving towards the Earth at a radial velocity of 58951.66 km/h
        (1170.68 km/h faster than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 420829.40 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 422324.44 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 423399.62 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 423269.39 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 422027.98 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 676510.80 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 674554.97 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 671931.16 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 669138.70 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 666715.06 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072025.02 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1071702.23 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1071326.06 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1070913.03 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1070479.34 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1876190.65 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1875083.22 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1874032.88 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1873057.42 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1872174.47 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 4832534.96 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 4733517.85 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 4631938.63 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 4527697.76 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 4420678.29 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an apojove at 14 hours 25 minutes UTC at a distance of 423509.09 km.

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Events:

Io Shadow Transit begins at 11 hours 12.0 minutes
Io Transit begins at 11 hours 55.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit ends at 13 hours 23.0 minutes
Io Transit ends at 14 hours 6.0 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: