Jupiter Today: Jupiter Today | 05 November 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 813826563.37 km from the Sun.
    18582.25 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 774.26 km/h
        (3.01 km/h slower than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 960736751.83 km from the Earth.
    340730.53 km closer to the Earth than yesterday
    Moving towards the Earth at a radial velocity of 14197.11 km/h
        (1330.48 km/h faster than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 422358.70 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 423417.59 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 423258.79 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 421996.81 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 420555.01 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 674433.86 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 671847.29 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 669105.31 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 666737.04 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 665208.13 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1071142.03 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1070576.49 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1070008.52 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1069462.43 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1068960.35 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1884451.27 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1883175.46 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1881905.84 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1880654.19 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1879425.66 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 6266912.17 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 6330306.95 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 6392269.51 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 6452827.40 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 6511997.91 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an apojove at 8 hours 17 minutes UTC at a distance of 423516.25 km.

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Events:

Io Shadow Transit begins at 1 hour 42.0 minutes
Io Transit begins at 1 hour 51.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit ends at 3 hours 53.0 minutes
Io Transit ends at 4 hours 3.0 minutes
Io Eclipse disappears at 23 hours 2.1 minutes
Europa Shadow Transit begins at 16 hours 50.0 minutes
Europa Transit begins at 17 hours 9.0 minutes
Europa Shadow Transit ends at 19 hours 9.0 minutes
Europa Transit ends at 19 hours 30.0 minutes
Ganymede Eclipse disappears at 4 hours 17.4 minutes
Ganymede Occultation reappears at 7 hours 1.0 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: