Jupiter Today: Jupiter Today | 16 December 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 813004065.32 km from the Sun.
    21489.45 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 895.39 km/h
        (4.37 km/h faster than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 919943851.63 km from the Earth.
    1578747.12 km closer to the Earth than yesterday
    Moving towards the Earth at a radial velocity of 65781.13 km/h
        (1114.11 km/h faster than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 423384.19 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 422274.09 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 420786.59 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 420025.36 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 420577.15 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 672669.49 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 675171.31 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 676880.25 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 677467.31 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 676805.73 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1072533.04 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1072655.43 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1072663.28 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072559.74 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072354.34 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1877825.75 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1879016.35 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1880232.94 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1881474.27 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1882737.72 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 1220443.89 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 923530.93 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 564676.12 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 4, 75723.05 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 4, 568688.03 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an perijove at 18 hours 31 minutes UTC at a distance of 420020.13 km.
Europa goes through an apojove at 17 hours 49 minutes UTC at a distance of 677467.87 km.
Ganymede goes through an apojove at 9 hours 24 minutes UTC at a distance of 1072673.93 km.

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Events:

Io Eclipse disappears at 15 hours 54.1 minutes
Io Occultation reappears at 18 hours 52.0 minutes
Europa Eclipse disappears at 13 hours 23.4 minutes
Europa Occultation reappears at 17 hours 20.0 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: