Jupiter Today | 13 May 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 816021997.11 km from the Sun.
    6169.12 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 257.04 km/h (8.56 km/h faster than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 691762035.07 km from the Earth.
    1397568.19 km further from the Earth than yesterday
    Moving away from the Earth at a radial velocity of 58232.01 km/h (1427.15 km/h faster than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 423458.68 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 423146.85 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 421813.58 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 420436.35 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 420047.06 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 672007.02 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 669317.22 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 666960.03 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 665397.72 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 664941.83 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068385.12 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068546.77 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1068799.74 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1069126.92 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1069507.03 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1877542.48 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1878783.01 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1880069.95 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1881389.59 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1882722.57 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an apojove at 1 hours 35 minutes UTC at a distance of 423505.63 km.
Io goes through an perijove at 22 hours 45 minutes UTC at a distance of 420016.41 km.
Europa goes through an perijove at 23 hours 16 minutes UTC at a distance of 664932.82 km.

Events:

Io Eclipse reappears at 1 hour 23.9 minutes
Io Transit begins at 19 hours 42.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit begins at 20 hours 28.0 minutes
Io Transit ends at 21 hours 52.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit ends at 22 hours 39.0 minutes
Europa Occultation disappears at 16 hours 55.0 minutes
Europa Eclipse reappears at 20 hours 54.4 minutes
Ganymede Transit begins at 11 hours 16.0 minutes
Ganymede Transit ends at 13 hours 35.0 minutes
Ganymede Shadow Transit begins at 14 hours 25.0 minutes
Ganymede Shadow Transit ends at 16 hours 45.0 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