Jupiter Today | 23 May 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 815956437.78 km from the Sun.
    6866.59 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Accelerating towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 286.11 km/h (1.96 km/h faster than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 707507860.66 km from the Earth.
    1710818.31 km further from the Earth than yesterday
    Accelerating away from the Earth at a radial velocity of 71284.10 km/h (1196.19 km/h faster than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 420626.84 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 422080.90 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 423300.11 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 423390.34 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 422280.02 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 676749.43 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 675217.12 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 672884.33 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 670192.93 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 667661.19 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072412.78 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072612.76 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072701.81 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072676.07 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072540.76 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1879542.33 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1878290.40 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1877089.53 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1875945.19 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1874859.13 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an apojove at 15 hours 24 minutes UTC at a distance of 423517.56 km.
Ganymede goes through an apojove at 13 hours 38 minutes UTC at a distance of 1072706.05 km.

Events:

Io Occultation disappears at 13 hours 6.0 minutes
Io Eclipse reappears at 16 hours 16.4 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.  Black dot indicates location of Jupiter