Jupiter Today: Jupiter Today | 12 November 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 813694404.99 km from the Sun.
    19119.75 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 796.66 km/h
        (0.90 km/h slower than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 957453640.99 km from the Earth.
    565316.87 km closer to the Earth than yesterday
    Moving towards the Earth at a radial velocity of 23554.87 km/h
        (1333.90 km/h faster than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 422050.71 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 423285.62 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 423399.09 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 422307.72 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 420807.11 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 674908.54 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 672408.76 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 669646.31 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 667152.30 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 665415.54 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1071206.68 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1070651.70 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1070093.35 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1069555.66 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1069060.07 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1874696.95 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1875804.12 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1876961.91 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1878160.56 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1879395.83 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 7565478.32 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 7595673.16 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 7624872.06 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 7653085.81 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 7680314.97 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an apojove at 9 hours 31 minutes UTC at a distance of 423515.97 km.

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Events:

Io Shadow Transit begins at 3 hours 36.0 minutes
Io Transit begins at 3 hours 52.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit ends at 5 hours 47.0 minutes
Io Transit ends at 6 hours 4.0 minutes
Europa Shadow Transit begins at 19 hours 24.0 minutes
Europa Transit begins at 19 hours 57.0 minutes
Europa Shadow Transit ends at 21 hours 42.0 minutes
Europa Transit ends at 22 hours 18.0 minutes
Ganymede Eclipse disappears at 8 hours 15.8 minutes
Ganymede Occultation reappears at 11 hours 27.0 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: