Jupiter Today: Jupiter Today | 07 November 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 813789246.05 km from the Sun.
    18648.57 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 777.02 km/h
        (0.84 km/h slower than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 959959186.66 km from the Earth.
    404763.60 km closer to the Earth than yesterday
    Moving towards the Earth at a radial velocity of 16865.15 km/h
        (1331.75 km/h faster than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 423388.11 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 423300.82 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 422080.61 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 420620.61 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 420014.21 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 670122.23 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 672868.98 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 675266.59 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 676859.90 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 677335.01 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1067795.95 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1067811.24 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1067967.03 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068255.67 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068659.80 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1874822.74 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1873807.86 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1872877.99 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1872041.73 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1871301.10 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 6735172.65 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 6787727.98 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 6839036.67 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 6889107.66 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 6937946.72 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an apojove at 2 hours 36 minutes UTC at a distance of 423516.37 km.
Io goes through an perijove at 23 hours 44 minutes UTC at a distance of 420012.81 km.
Europa goes through an apojove at 23 hours 19 minutes UTC at a distance of 677343.12 km.
Ganymede goes through an perijove at 2 hours 21 minutes UTC at a distance of 1067785.14 km.

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Events:

Io Eclipse disappears at 17 hours 30.5 minutes
Io Occultation reappears at 19 hours 53.0 minutes
Europa Eclipse disappears at 11 hours 5.2 minutes
Europa Occultation reappears at 13 hours 50.0 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: