Jupiter Today: Jupiter Today | 15 September 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 814687910.91 km from the Sun.
    15117.96 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 629.92 km/h
        (0.81 km/h faster than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 937794748.27 km from the Earth.
    1227478.44 km further from the Earth than yesterday
    Moving away the Earth at a radial velocity of 51144.94 km/h
        (1116.31 km/h slower than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 422998.38 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 423528.20 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 422759.79 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 421258.28 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 420129.84 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 668936.81 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 671611.39 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 674170.41 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 676127.95 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 677111.38 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1073101.31 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072832.59 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072442.59 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1071946.81 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1071371.70 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1888904.74 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1887766.17 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1886588.77 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1885373.56 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1884123.39 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 6693985.24 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 6747269.80 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 6799292.24 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 6850059.10 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 6899576.59 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an apojove at 5 hours 24 minutes UTC at a distance of 423534.99 km.

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Events:

Io Occultation disappears at 14 hours 34.0 minutes
Io Eclipse reappears at 17 hours 25.4 minutes
Europa Occultation disappears at 2 hours 14.0 minutes
Europa Eclipse reappears at 5 hours 58.8 minutes
Ganymede Occultation disappears at 21 hours 35.0 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: