Jupiter Today: Jupiter Today | 21 June 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 815725620.86 km from the Sun.
    9100.83 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 379.20 km/h
        (7.79 km/h faster than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 766539392.61 km from the Earth.
    2250303.77 km further from the Earth than yesterday
    Moving away from the Earth at a radial velocity of 93762.66 km/h
        (401.83 km/h faster than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 423269.29 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 422002.36 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 420552.79 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 420001.74 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 420765.23 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 669645.07 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 667234.87 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 665573.15 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 665010.26 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 665670.65 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072963.15 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072854.07 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072630.22 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072303.57 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1071890.77 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1896499.75 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1896265.22 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1895908.25 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1895439.31 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1894866.48 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 7752998.54 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 7729258.69 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 7704536.00 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 7678827.52 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 7652136.67 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an perijove at 17 hours 29 minutes UTC at a distance of 419996.46 km.
Europa goes through an perijove at 17 hours 45 minutes UTC at a distance of 665009.23 km.

Audio:

Events:

Io Transit begins at 17 hours 45.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit begins at 18 hours 58.0 minutes
Io Transit ends at 19 hours 56.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit ends at 21 hours 8.0 minutes
Europa Occultation disappears at 18 hours 9.0 minutes
Europa Eclipse disappears at 20 hours 38.2 minutes
Europa Occultation reappears at 20 hours 38.0 minutes
Europa Eclipse reappears at 23 hours 2.0 minutes
Ganymede Occultation disappears at 19 hours 22.0 minutes
Ganymede Occultation reappears at 21 hours 55.0 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. Black dot indicates location of Jupiter