Jupiter Today: Jupiter Today | 19 December 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 812939185.28 km from the Sun.
    21650.71 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 902.11 km/h
        (1.81 km/h faster than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 915050252.48 km from the Earth.
    1657073.15 km closer to the Earth than yesterday
    Moving towards the Earth at a radial velocity of 69044.71 km/h
        (1074.72 km/h faster than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 421930.74 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 423216.02 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 423428.89 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 422415.16 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 420915.19 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 666956.21 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 669459.87 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 672269.93 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 674846.55 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 676700.34 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1068954.92 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1068598.94 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1068333.71 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1068175.59 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1068133.76 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1892001.79 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1892898.68 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1893710.47 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1894421.33 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1895018.09 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 2513190.23 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 2685263.36 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 2849577.25 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 3006987.82 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 3158181.98 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an apojove at 9 hours 58 minutes UTC at a distance of 423506.91 km.
Ganymede goes through an perijove at 23 hours 7 minutes UTC at a distance of 1068132.48 km.

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Events:

Io Shadow Transit begins at 7 hours 35.0 minutes
Io Transit begins at 8 hours 25.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit ends at 9 hours 45.0 minutes
Io Transit ends at 10 hours 35.0 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: