Jupiter Today | 04 May 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 816074414.31 km from the Sun.

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 680463473.55 km from the Earth.

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 422851.04 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 423511.13 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 422885.51 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 421435.57 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 420226.19 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 668240.60 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 670885.36 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 673552.89 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 675733.09 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 677012.14 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1069995.54 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1069572.97 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1069189.33 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068858.08 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068596.12 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1891249.15 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1890172.44 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1889016.74 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1887794.05 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1886523.03 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an apojove at 6 hours 5 minutes UTC at a distance of 423511.25 km.

Events:

Io Occultation disappears at 2 hours 12.0 minutes
Io Eclipse reappears at 5 hours 0.4 minutes
Io Transit begins at 23 hours 29.0 minutes
Europa Transit begins at 19 hours 48.0 minutes
Europa Shadow Transit begins at 21 hours 3.0 minutes
Europa Transit ends at 22 hours 13.0 minutes
Europa Shadow Transit ends at 23 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