Jupiter Today: Jupiter Today | 12 September 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 814733011.04 km from the Sun.
    14873.03 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 619.71 km/h
        (4.77 km/h faster than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 934032018.39 km from the Earth.
    1307217.61 km further from the Earth than yesterday
    Moving away the Earth at a radial velocity of 54467.40 km/h
        (1086.64 km/h slower than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 422615.10 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 421098.39 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 420073.31 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 420323.29 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 421653.55 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 674297.84 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 676203.00 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 677120.49 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 676855.21 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 675462.67 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068494.97 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068995.99 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1069573.90 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1070197.66 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1070832.45 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1896353.15 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1896304.05 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1896129.82 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1895841.47 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1895450.02 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 5947372.58 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 6017777.95 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 6086576.46 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 6153803.42 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 6219502.54 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an perijove at 13 hours 54 minutes UTC at a distance of 420001.57 km.
Europa goes through an apojove at 13 hours 41 minutes UTC at a distance of 677168.27 km.
Callisto goes through an apojove at 0 hours 44 minutes UTC at a distance of 1896354.12 km.

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Events:

Io Occultation disappears at 1 hour 34.0 minutes
Io Eclipse reappears at 4 hours 28.1 minutes
Io Transit begins at 22 hours 43.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit begins at 23 hours 25.0 minutes
Ganymede Transit begins at 7 hours 7.0 minutes
Ganymede Transit ends at 9 hours 36.0 minutes
Ganymede Shadow Transit begins at 10 hours 11.0 minutes
Ganymede Shadow Transit ends at 12 hours 15.0 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: