Jupiter Today: Jupiter Today | 27 December 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 812763731.95 km from the Sun.
    22110.39 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 921.27 km/h
        (1.89 km/h faster than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 900905841.82 km from the Earth.
    1850949.02 km closer to the Earth than yesterday
    Moving towards the Earth at a radial velocity of 77122.88 km/h
        (954.90 km/h faster than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 421204.77 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 420127.80 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 420284.16 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 421550.68 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 422973.17 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 676410.35 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 677432.58 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 677215.89 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 675803.30 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 673476.07 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1068134.85 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1068172.91 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068331.14 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068596.95 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068950.86 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1875128.63 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1874120.70 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1873186.54 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1872325.42 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1871540.22 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 5990899.70 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 6060220.75 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 6127959.24 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 6194163.26 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 6258902.45 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an perijove at 8 hours 19 minutes UTC at a distance of 420024.37 km.
Europa goes through an apojove at 7 hours 59 minutes UTC at a distance of 677501.97 km.
Ganymede goes through an perijove at 1 hours 10 minutes UTC at a distance of 1068132.53 km.

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Events:

Io Eclipse disappears at 6 hours 43.7 minutes
Io Occultation reappears at 9 hours 49.0 minutes
Europa Eclipse disappears at 5 hours 16.9 minutes
Europa Occultation reappears at 9 hours 30.0 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: