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