Jupiter Today: Jupiter Today | 26 September 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 814517641.16 km from the Sun.
    15851.37 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 660.47 km/h
        (3.71 km/h faster than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 949451411.66 km from the Earth.
    915758.24 km further from the Earth than yesterday
    Moving away the Earth at a radial velocity of 38156.59 km/h
        (1223.21 km/h slower than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 423109.06 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 421726.82 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 420366.21 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 420054.19 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 421031.86 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 673358.10 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 675569.42 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 676918.23 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 677132.83 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 676161.58 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068292.30 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068733.63 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1069263.83 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1069854.87 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1070473.92 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1889789.40 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1890851.98 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1891841.30 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1892758.43 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1893601.15 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 8004796.33 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 8012716.23 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 8019723.22 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 8025812.24 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 8030989.15 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an perijove at 16 hours 22 minutes UTC at a distance of 420001.41 km.
Europa goes through an apojove at 16 hours 4 minutes UTC at a distance of 677196.34 km.

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Events:

Io Occultation disappears at 5 hours 36.0 minutes
Io Eclipse reappears at 8 hours 17.0 minutes
Ganymede Transit begins at 15 hours 58.0 minutes
Ganymede Shadow Transit begins at 18 hours 9.0 minutes
Ganymede Transit ends at 18 hours 23.0 minutes
Ganymede Shadow Transit ends at 20 hours 11.0 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: