Jupiter Today | 01 May 2017 | One Perijove, Three Apojoves

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 816090735.21 km from the Sun.

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 677378172.20 km from the Earth.

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 422752.26 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 421273.30 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 420154.77 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 420249.34 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 421481.99 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 673691.71 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 675835.06 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 677063.85 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 677125.12 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 676007.49 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1071870.02 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072184.42 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072419.43 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072561.40 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072599.79 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1896270.60 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1896472.44 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1896568.37 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1896557.89 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1896434.28 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an perijove at 14 hours 35 minutes UTC at a distance of 420025.70 km.
Europa goes through an apojove at 15 hours 18 minutes UTC at a distance of 677249.42 km.
Ganymede goes through an apojove at 23 hours 8 minutes UTC at a distance of 1072600.94 km.
Callisto goes through an apojove at 14 hours 26 minutes UTC at a distance of 1896577.21 km.

Events:

Io Transit begins at 10 hours 36.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit begins at 11 hours 8.0 minutes
Io Transit ends at 12 hours 47.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit ends at 13 hours 20.0 minutes
Europa Transit begins at 6 hours 39.0 minutes
Europa Shadow Transit begins at 7 hours 44.0 minutes
Europa Transit ends at 9 hours 3.0 minutes
Europa Shadow Transit ends at 10 hours 11.0 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

Jupiter Today - 30 April 2017 : Io Dips behind Jupiter

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 816096078.96 km from the Sun.

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 676429625.96 km from the Earth.

Positions:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 420280.24 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 421545.69 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum western elongation <===
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 422966.58 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 423497.45 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 422752.26 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 665064.14 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 666264.01 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 668397.51 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum eastern elongation <===
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 671044.25 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 673691.71 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1070135.36 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1070607.21 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1071064.96 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1071491.48 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1071870.02 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1894311.49 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1894977.20 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1895527.58 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1895957.81 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1896270.60 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an apojove at 17 hours 28 minutes UTC at a distance of 423502.93 km.

Events:

Io Occultation disappears at 13 hours 19.0 minutes
Io Eclipse reappears at 16 hours 3.0 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

Jupiter Today - 29 April 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 816101300.84 km from the Sun.

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 675521701.94 km from the Earth.

Positions:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 423487.83 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 422680.85 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 421191.84 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum eastern elongation <===
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 420121.97 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 420280.24 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 670924.53 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 668289.25 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 666188.99 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 665037.35 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 665064.14 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068522.28 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1068834.96 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1069224.74 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1069667.11 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1070135.36 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1890745.85 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1891750.81 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1892684.97 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1893542.49 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1894311.49 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an perijove at 20 hours 18 minutes UTC at a distance of 420020.48 km.
Europa goes through an perijove at 20 hours 52 minutes UTC at a distance of 664897.70 km.

Events:

Io Transit begins at 16 hours 10.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit begins at 16 hours 40.0 minutes
Io Transit ends at 18 hours 21.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit ends at 18 hours 51.0 minutes
Europa Occultation disappears at 12 hours 21.0 minutes
Europa Eclipse reappears at 15 hours 46.5 minutes
Ganymede Transit begins at 4 hours 31.0 minutes
Ganymede Shadow Transit begins at 6 hours 27.0 minutes
Ganymede Transit ends at 6 hours 43.0 minutes
Ganymede Shadow Transit ends at 8 hours 49.0 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

Jupiter Today - 28 April 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 816106480.15 km from the Sun.

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 674654899.12 km from the Earth.

Positions:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 420106.92 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 420329.75 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 421630.48 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum western elongation <===
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 423025.58 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 423487.83 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 677162.91 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 677042.29 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 675762.53 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 673584.73 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum western elongation <===
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 670924.53 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068329.52 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068208.51 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068199.86 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068306.23 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068522.28 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1886055.60 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1887317.32 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1888526.62 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1889671.03 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1890745.85 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an perijove at 2 hours 1 minutes UTC at a distance of 420028.28 km.
Io goes through an apojove at 23 hours 8 minutes UTC at a distance of 423502.05 km.
Europa goes through an apojove at 2 hours 24 minutes UTC at a distance of 677262.21 km.
Ganymede goes through an perijove at 9 hours 27 minutes UTC at a distance of 1068189.45 km.

Events:

Io Shadow Transit ends at 0 hours 23.0 minutes
Io Occultation disappears at 18 hours 53.0 minutes
Io Eclipse reappears at 21 hours 34.4 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

Jupiter Today - 27 April 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 816111449.07 km from the Sun.

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 673829462.33 km from the Earth.
 
Positions:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 423077.36 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 423483.46 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 422624.76 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum eastern elongation <===
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 421132.62 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 420106.92 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 668723.67 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 671427.72 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 674050.78 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 676092.51 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 677162.91 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1069672.42 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1069241.19 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068862.86 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum eastern elongation <===
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068552.93 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068329.52 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1880862.34 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1882150.56 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1883453.39 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1884760.69 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum western elongation <===
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1886055.60 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an apojove at 4 hours 51 minutes UTC at a distance of 423508.29 km.


Events:

Io Occultation disappears at 0 hours 26.0 minutes
Io Eclipse reappears at 3 hours 5.7 minutes
Io Transit begins at 21 hours 44.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit begins at 22 hours 11.0 minutes
Io Transit ends at 23 hours 54.0 minutes
Europa Transit begins at 17 hours 30.0 minutes
Europa Shadow Transit begins at 18 hours 26.0 minutes
Europa Transit ends at 19 hours 55.0 minutes
Europa Shadow Transit ends at 20 hours 53.0 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

 

Jupiter Today - 26 April 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 816116433.28 km from the Sun.

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 673046010.07 km from the Earth.

Positions:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 421039.54 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 420069.17 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 420362.32 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum western elongation <===
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 421698.32 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 423077.36 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 666037.35 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 664961.33 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 665116.78 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 666467.28 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum eastern elongation <===
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 668723.67 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1071539.20 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1071096.56 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1070622.34 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1070139.69 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1069672.42 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1875950.01 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1877127.30 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1878346.11 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1879593.24 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1880862.34 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an perijove at 7 hours 41 minutes UTC at a distance of 420014.06 km.
Europa goes through an perijove at 8 hours 16 minutes UTC at a distance of 664871.07 km.

Events:

Io Transit begins at 3 hours 18.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit begins at 3 hours 43.0 minutes
Io Transit ends at 5 hours 28.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit ends at 5 hours 54.0 minutes
Europa Eclipse reappears at 2 hours 29.6 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

Jupiter Today - 25 April 2017

Distances:
 
At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 816121371.24 km from the Sun.

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 672304863.51 km from the Earth.

Positions:
 
At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 421795.67 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 423134.06 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 423465.78 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 422543.44 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum eastern elongation <===
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 421039.54 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 675678.88 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 673452.76 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 670758.56 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 668112.46 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 666037.35 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072603.67 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072479.23 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1072249.60 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1071930.04 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1071539.20 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1871996.98 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1872846.51 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1873793.72 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1874832.68 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1875950.01 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an apojove at 10 hours 31 minutes UTC at a distance of 423507.53 km.

Events:

Io Occultation disappears at 6 hours 0.0 minutes
Io Eclipse reappears at 8 hours 37.1 minutes
Europa Occultation disappears at 23 hours 14.0 minutes
Ganymede Occultation disappears at 15 hours 1.0 minutes
Ganymede Eclipse reappears at 19 hours 0.8 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

Jupiter Today - 24 April 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 816126301.34 km from the Sun.

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 671606436.74 km from the Earth.

Positions:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 422478.49 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 420981.95 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 420064.98 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 420431.55 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum western elongation <===
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 421795.67 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 674195.71 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 676189.54 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 677200.47 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 677016.27 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 675678.88 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072054.27 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072332.29 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072523.95 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072617.30 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072603.67 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1869572.44 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1870027.80 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1870588.01 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1871244.88 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1871996.98 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an perijove at 13 hours 22 minutes UTC at a distance of 420028.66 km.
Europa goes through an apojove at 14 hours 6 minutes UTC at a distance of 677275.70 km.
Ganymede goes through an apojove at 20 hours 16 minutes UTC at a distance of 1072625.06 km.

Events:

Io Transit begins at 8 hours 52.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit begins at 9 hours 14.0 minutes
Io Transit ends at 11 hours 2.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit ends at 11 hours 26.0 minutes
Europa Transit begins at 4 hours 21.0 minutes
Europa Shadow Transit begins at 5 hours 7.0 minutes
Europa Transit ends at 6 hours 45.0 minutes
Europa Shadow Transit ends at 7 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

Jupiter Today - 23 April 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 816131100.52 km from the Sun.
At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 670950943.77 km from the Earth.

Positions:
 
At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 420471.84 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 421859.50 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 423169.45 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 423441.61 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 422478.49 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 665192.32 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 666615.59 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 668902.13 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum eastern elongation <===
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 671602.40 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 674195.71 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1070371.11 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1070845.87 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1071295.62 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1071703.71 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum western elongation <===
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072054.27 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1869017.79 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1868954.91 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1869026.72 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1869234.72 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1869572.44 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an apojove at 16 hours 15 minutes UTC at a distance of 423499.58 km.
Callisto goes through an perijove at 5 hours 51 minutes UTC at a distance of 1868954.86 km.

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

Events:

Io Occultation disappears at 11 hours 34.0 minutes
Io Eclipse reappears at 14 hours 8.4 minutes

Jupiter Today - 22 April 2017

Distances: 

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 816135772.87 km from the Sun.

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 670338724.91 km from the Earth.




Positions:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 423418.44 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 422400.77 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum eastern elongation <===
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 420906.14 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 420045.50 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 420471.84 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 670369.10 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 667790.40 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 665844.49 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 664916.65 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 665192.32 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068634.90 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1068993.51 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1069420.46 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1069888.81 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1070371.11 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1870452.77 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1869928.55 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1869513.07 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1869207.23 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1869017.79 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an perijove at 19 hours 5 minutes UTC at a distance of 420022.98 km.
Europa goes through an perijove at 19 hours 39 minutes UTC at a distance of 664870.33 km.
 

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

Events: 
 

Io Transit begins at 14 hours 25.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit begins at 14 hours 46.0 minutes
Io Transit ends at 16 hours 36.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit ends at 16 hours 57.0 minutes

Europa Occultation disappears at 10 hours 7.0 minutes
Europa Eclipse reappears at 13 hours 12.7 minutes

Ganymede Transit begins at 1 hour 14.0 minutes
Ganymede Shadow Transit begins at 2 hours 28.0 minutes
Ganymede Transit ends at 3 hours 23.0 minutes
Ganymede Shadow Transit ends at 4 hours 52.0 minutes

Jupiter Today - 21 April 2017

The JPL Horizons website I use as a data source is temporarily down.  Hopefully tomorrow it'll be back up.

Jupiter Today - 20 April 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 816144764.13 km from the Sun.

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 669245353.36 km from the Earth.

Positions:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 423260.60 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 423402.25 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 422339.31 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum eastern elongation <===
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 420852.42 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 420042.58 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 669244.18 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 671983.57 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 674535.84 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 676415.01 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 677259.20 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1069547.35 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1069110.94 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068736.57 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum eastern elongation <===
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068442.59 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068248.41 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1878032.00 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1876869.32 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1875744.64 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1874663.66 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1873639.44 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an apojove at 3 hours 38 minutes UTC at a distance of 423507.14 km.

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

Jupiter Satellite Distances:

Events:

Io Eclipse reappears at 1 hour 11.1 minutes
Io Transit begins at 19 hours 59.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit begins at 20 hours 17.0 minutes
Io Transit ends at 22 hours 10.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit ends at 22 hours 29.0 minutes

Europa Transit begins at 15 hours 14.0 minutes
Europa Shadow Transit begins at 15 hours 49.0 minutes
Europa Transit ends at 17 hours 37.0 minutes
Europa Shadow Transit ends at 18 hours 17.0 minutes