Jupiter Today | 09 May 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 816046070.09 km from the Sun.
5887.47 km closer than yesterday, moving at a radial velocity of 245.31 km/h

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 686380061.32 km from the Earth.
1256773.89 km further than yesterday, moving at a radial velocity of 52366.58 km/h

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 421175.32 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 422667.21 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 423494.69 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 423049.28 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 421651.26 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 676301.07 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 674395.37 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 671843.67 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 669131.42 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 666787.40 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072458.22 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072476.62 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072390.64 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072207.27 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1071939.23 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1869535.42 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1869149.59 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1868898.17 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1868782.20 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1868795.86 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an apojove at 12 hours 58 minutes UTC at a distance of 423512.35 km.
Ganymede goes through an apojove at 4 hours 4 minutes UTC at a distance of 1072482.12 km.
Callisto goes through an perijove at 20 hours 20 minutes UTC at a distance of 1868772.57 km.

Events:

Io Occultation disappears at 9 hours 31.0 minutes
Io Eclipse reappears at 12 hours 26.5 minutes
Ganymede Occultation disappears at 21 hours 41.0 minutes
Ganymede Occultation reappears at 23 hours 59.0 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