Jupiter Today | 09 May 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 816046070.09 km from the Sun.
5887.47 km closer than yesterday, moving at a radial velocity of 245.31 km/h

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 686380061.32 km from the Earth.
1256773.89 km further than yesterday, moving at a radial velocity of 52366.58 km/h

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 421175.32 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 422667.21 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 423494.69 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 423049.28 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 421651.26 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 676301.07 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 674395.37 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 671843.67 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 669131.42 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 666787.40 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072458.22 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072476.62 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072390.64 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072207.27 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1071939.23 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1869535.42 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1869149.59 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1868898.17 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1868782.20 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1868795.86 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an apojove at 12 hours 58 minutes UTC at a distance of 423512.35 km.
Ganymede goes through an apojove at 4 hours 4 minutes UTC at a distance of 1072482.12 km.
Callisto goes through an perijove at 20 hours 20 minutes UTC at a distance of 1868772.57 km.

Events:

Io Occultation disappears at 9 hours 31.0 minutes
Io Eclipse reappears at 12 hours 26.5 minutes
Ganymede Occultation disappears at 21 hours 41.0 minutes
Ganymede Occultation reappears at 23 hours 59.0 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

Jupiter Today | 08 May 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 816051957.56 km from the Sun.

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 685123287.43 km from the Earth.

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 422995.23 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 421583.52 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 420300.91 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 420118.06 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 421175.32 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 673187.21 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 675462.48 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 676895.73 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 677196.95 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 676301.07 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1071498.45 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1071844.51 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072129.98 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072339.17 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072458.22 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1872197.73 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1871389.27 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1870669.36 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1870046.74 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1869535.42 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an perijove at 15 hours 48 minutes UTC at a distance of 420024.68 km.
Europa goes through an apojove at 16 hours 29 minutes UTC at a distance of 677236.22 km.

Events:
Io Transit begins at 12 hours 22.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit begins at 13 hours 3.0 minutes
Io Transit ends at 14 hours 32.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit ends at 15 hours 14.0 minutes
Europa Transit begins at 8 hours 57.0 minutes
Europa Shadow Transit begins at 10 hours 21.0 minutes
Europa Transit ends at 11 hours 23.0 minutes
Europa Shadow Transit ends at 12 hours 47.0 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

Jupiter Today - 07 May 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 816057754.28 km from the Sun.

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 683903021.14 km from the Earth.

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 420136.23 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 421235.50 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 422721.53 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 423495.95 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 422995.23 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 664982.98 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 665958.57 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 667928.79 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 670504.98 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 673187.21 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1069828.82 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1070257.72 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1070689.18 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1071108.00 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1071498.45 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1876284.84 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1875140.38 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1874073.68 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1873092.34 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1872197.73 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an apojove at 18 hours 41 minutes UTC at a distance of 423504.89 km.

Events:
Io Occultation disappears at 15 hours 5.0 minutes
Io Eclipse reappears at 17 hours 57.8 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

 

Jupiter Today | 05 May 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 816069006.02 km from the Sun.

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 681574089.05 km from the Earth.

Positions and Motions:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 420226.19 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 420172.40 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 421318.32 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 422791.21 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 423502.12 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 677012.14 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 677132.90 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 676073.37 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 674054.90 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 671463.68 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068596.12 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068420.54 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068343.89 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068372.54 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068505.60 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1886523.03 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1885224.78 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1883917.15 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1882611.10 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1881311.29 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an perijove at 3 hours 14 minutes UTC at a distance of 420024.94 km.
Europa goes through an apojove at 3 hours 36 minutes UTC at a distance of 677231.43 km.
Ganymede goes through an perijove at 13 hours 23 minutes UTC at a distance of 1068341.07 km.

Events:

Io Shadow Transit begins at 0 hours 6.0 minutes
Io Transit ends at 1 hour 40.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit ends at 2 hours 17.0 minutes
Io Occultation disappears at 20 hours 38.0 minutes
Io Eclipse reappears at 23 hours 29.1 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

Jupiter Today | 04 May 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 816074414.31 km from the Sun.

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 680463473.55 km from the Earth.

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 422851.04 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 423511.13 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 422885.51 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 421435.57 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 420226.19 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 668240.60 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 670885.36 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 673552.89 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 675733.09 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 677012.14 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1069995.54 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1069572.97 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1069189.33 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068858.08 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068596.12 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1891249.15 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1890172.44 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1889016.74 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1887794.05 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1886523.03 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an apojove at 6 hours 5 minutes UTC at a distance of 423511.25 km.

Events:

Io Occultation disappears at 2 hours 12.0 minutes
Io Eclipse reappears at 5 hours 0.4 minutes
Io Transit begins at 23 hours 29.0 minutes
Europa Transit begins at 19 hours 48.0 minutes
Europa Shadow Transit begins at 21 hours 3.0 minutes
Europa Transit ends at 22 hours 13.0 minutes
Europa Shadow Transit ends at 23 hours 30.0 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

Jupiter Todaty | 03 May 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 816079863.17 km from the Sun.

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 679395520.13 km from the Earth.

Positions and Motions:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 421337.58 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 420172.57 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 420193.08 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 421383.58 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 422851.04 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 666402.01 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 665106.57 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 665012.76 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 666139.15 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 668240.60 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1071733.38 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1071332.09 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1070894.81 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1070442.23 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1069995.54 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1894694.24 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1893969.05 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1893149.31 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1892241.88 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1891249.15 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an perijove at 8 hours 55 minutes UTC at a distance of 420010.61 km.
Europa goes through an perijove at 9 hours 27 minutes UTC at a distance of 664898.08 km.

Events:

Io Transit begins at 5 hours 3.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit begins at 5 hours 37.0 minutes
Io Transit ends at 7 hours 13.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit ends at 7 hours 48.0 minutes
Europa Occultation disappears at 1 hour 29.0 minutes
Europa Eclipse reappears at 5 hours 3.5 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

Jupiter Today | 02 May 2017 | All One Side

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 816085305.17 km from the Sun.

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 678366925.69 km from the Earth.

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 421481.99 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 422920.81 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 423509.66 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 422813.77 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 421337.58 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 676007.49 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 673937.87 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 671308.42 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 668620.62 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 666402.01 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072599.79 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072528.62 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072350.60 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072079.38 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1071733.38 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1896434.28 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1896188.45 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1895814.43 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1895313.49 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1894694.24 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an apojove at 11 hours 44 minutes UTC at a distance of 423510.96 km.

Events:

Io Occultation disappears at 7 hours 45.0 minutes
Io Eclipse reappears at 10 hours 31.7 minutes
Ganymede Occultation disappears at 18 hours 19.0 minutes
Ganymede Occultation reappears at 20 hours 34.0 minutes
Ganymede Eclipse disappears at 20 hours 35.5 minutes
Ganymede Eclipse reappears at 22 hours 58.5 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