At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 815689266.65 km from the Sun.
9175.89 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 382.33 km/h
(4.61 km/h faster than yesterday)
At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 775625669.78 km from the Earth.
2282873.00 km further from the Earth than yesterday
Moving away the Earth at a radial velocity of 95119.71 km/h
(293.35 km/h faster than yesterday)
At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 420682.75 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 420004.60 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 420644.25 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 422114.93 km from Jupiter.
===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 423319.41 km from Jupiter.
At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 665678.50 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 665024.69 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 665551.86 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 667154.21 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 669513.51 km from Jupiter.
At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068277.19 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068554.07 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1068909.24 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1069328.91 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1069798.60 km from Jupiter.
At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1881708.51 km from Jupiter.
===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1880392.96 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1879096.68 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1877839.37 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1876636.13 km from Jupiter.
At 0.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 7252078.06 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 7211796.77 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 7170401.99 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 7127891.37 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 7084253.11 km from Jupiter.
Io goes through an perijove at 6 hours 6 minutes UTC at a distance of 420004.42 km.
Europa goes through an perijove at 6 hours 20 minutes UTC at a distance of 665022.90 km.
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Events:
Io Transit begins at 6 hours 41.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit begins at 7 hours 55.0 minutes
Io Transit ends at 8 hours 52.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit ends at 10 hours 5.0 minutes
Europa Occultation disappears at 7 hours 25.0 minutes
Europa Occultation reappears at 9 hours 54.0 minutes
Europa Eclipse disappears at 9 hours 55.5 minutes
Europa Eclipse reappears at 12 hours 19.2 minutes
Ganymede Transit begins at 9 hours 9.0 minutes
Ganymede Transit ends at 11 hours 41.0 minutes
Ganymede Shadow Transit begins at 14 hours 20.0 minutes
Ganymede Shadow Transit ends at 16 hours 33.0 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
Distances and motion between Moons: Position, Velocity, Acceleration, Jerk, Jounce, and Crackle.
'Jupiter Today' is a daily blog focusing attention on the dynamic Jupiter system for the purpose of monitoring activity. Please join me every day as I provide a report on events taking place over the next 24 hours at, and in the environment of, our solar system's largest planet.
Published every day sometime between 0h and 3h UTC.
Data used on this page is provided by JPL's HORIZONS ephemeris generator.
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