Jupiter Today | 08 June 2016 | Great Radial Symmetry

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 815836570.65 km from the Sun.
    7993.32 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 333.06 km/h (2.19 km/h slower than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 738220547.40 km from the Earth.
    2075892.56 km further from the Earth than yesterday
    Moving away from the Earth at a radial velocity of 86495.52 km/h (743.58 km/h faster than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 421350.50 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 422832.73 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 423521.30 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 422915.73 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 421463.47 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 666224.98 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 668300.07 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 670909.18 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 673539.51 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 675686.92 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1071630.40 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1071089.19 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1070514.64 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1069931.37 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1069364.87 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1883359.00 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1882100.89 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1880853.52 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1879618.96 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 7721423.82 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 7745541.87 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 7768693.61 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 7790872.34 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 7812073.75 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an apojove at 12 hours 12 minutes UTC at a distance of 423522.08 km.

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Events:

Io Occultation disappears at 11 hours 14.0 minutes
Io Eclipse reappears at 14 hours 35.3 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