Jupiter Today | 16 May 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 816002944.66 km from the Sun.
    6448.99 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 268.71 km/h (2.72 km/h faster than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 696155569.20 km from the Earth.
    1497426.01 km further from the Earth than yesterday
    Moving away from the Earth at a radial velocity of 62392.75 km/h (1384.24 km/h faster than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 420888.14 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 422385.79 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 423425.40 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 423243.71 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
 At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 421967.74 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 676550.01 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 674827.60 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 672377.56 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 669665.37 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 667217.32 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072434.43 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072550.36 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072563.72 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072473.91 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072287.52 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1892313.76 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1893223.91 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1894024.26 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1894712.69 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1895292.77 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an apojove at 14 hours 11 minutes UTC at a distance of 423515.58 km.
Ganymede goes through an apojove at 9 hours 46 minutes UTC at a distance of 1072571.00 km.

Events:

Io Occultation disappears at 11 hours 18.0 minutes
Io Eclipse reappears at 14 hours 21.4 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

Jupiter Today | 15 May 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 816009393.65 km from the Sun.
    6383.67 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 265.99 km/h (6.83 km/h faster than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 694658143.19 km from the Earth.
    1464664.96 km further from the Earth than yesterday
    Moving away from the Earth at a radial velocity of 61027.71 km/h (1384.24 km/h faster than yesterday)

Position and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 423197.26 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 421898.10 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 420494.17 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 420040.81 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 420888.14 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 672660.74 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 675048.65 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 676673.31 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 677212.75 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 676550.01 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1071202.50 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1071594.13 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1071940.95 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072226.41 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072434.43 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1887862.41 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1889061.76 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1890214.17 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1891304.59 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1892313.76 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an perijove at 17 hours 2 minutes UTC at a distance of 420022.26 km.
Europa goes through an apojove at 17 hours 41 minutes UTC at a distance of 677214.47 km.

Events:

Io Transit begins at 14 hours 8.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit begins at 14 hours 57.0 minutes
Io Transit ends at 16 hours 19.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit ends at 17 hours 8.0 minutes
Europa Transit begins at 11 hours 18.0 minutes
Europa Shadow Transit begins at 12 hours 58.0 minutes
Europa Transit ends at 13 hours 44.0 minutes
Europa Shadow Transit ends at 15 hours 24.0 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

 

Jupiter Today | 14 May 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 816015777.32 km from the Sun.
    6219.79 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 259.16 km/h (2.12 km/h faster than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 693193478.23 km from the Earth.
    1431443.16 km further from the Earth than yesterday
    Moving away from the Earth at a radial velocity of 59643.47 km/h (1411.46 km/h faster than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 420047.06 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 420943.65 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 422446.25 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 423438.67 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 423197.26 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 664941.83 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 665684.44 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 667477.15 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 669964.44 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 672660.74 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1069507.03 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1069919.70 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1070349.68 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1070782.39 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1071202.50 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1882722.57 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1884048.63 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1885352.11 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1886624.59 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1887862.41 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an apojove at 19 hours 54 minutes UTC at a distance of 423507.00 km.

Events:

Io Occultation disappears at 16 hours 52.0 minutes
Io Eclipse reappears at 19 hours 52.6 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

 

Jupiter Today | 13 May 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 816021997.11 km from the Sun.
    6169.12 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 257.04 km/h (8.56 km/h faster than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 691762035.07 km from the Earth.
    1397568.19 km further from the Earth than yesterday
    Moving away from the Earth at a radial velocity of 58232.01 km/h (1427.15 km/h faster than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 423458.68 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 423146.85 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 421813.58 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 420436.35 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 420047.06 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 672007.02 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 669317.22 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 666960.03 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 665397.72 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 664941.83 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068385.12 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068546.77 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1068799.74 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1069126.92 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1069507.03 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1877542.48 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1878783.01 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1880069.95 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1881389.59 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1882722.57 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an apojove at 1 hours 35 minutes UTC at a distance of 423505.63 km.
Io goes through an perijove at 22 hours 45 minutes UTC at a distance of 420016.41 km.
Europa goes through an perijove at 23 hours 16 minutes UTC at a distance of 664932.82 km.

Events:

Io Eclipse reappears at 1 hour 23.9 minutes
Io Transit begins at 19 hours 42.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit begins at 20 hours 28.0 minutes
Io Transit ends at 21 hours 52.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit ends at 22 hours 39.0 minutes
Europa Occultation disappears at 16 hours 55.0 minutes
Europa Eclipse reappears at 20 hours 54.4 minutes
Ganymede Transit begins at 11 hours 16.0 minutes
Ganymede Transit ends at 13 hours 35.0 minutes
Ganymede Shadow Transit begins at 14 hours 25.0 minutes
Ganymede Shadow Transit ends at 16 hours 45.0 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 | 12 May 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 816028166.23 km from the Sun.
5963.61 km closer than yesterday, moving at a radial velocity of 248.48 km/h

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 690364466.89 km from the Earth.
1363316.65 km further than yesterday, moving at a radial velocity of 56804.86 km/h

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 420398.20 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 420070.09 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 421021.60 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 422523.06 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 423458.68 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 676828.62 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 677190.19 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 676358.38 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 674512.26 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 672007.02 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068771.81 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068526.24 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068374.23 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068326.14 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068385.12 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1873134.36 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1874146.53 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1875222.41 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1876355.00 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1877542.48 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an perijove at 4 hours 27 minutes UTC at a distance of 420023.56 km.
Europa goes through an apojove at 4 hours 48 minutes UTC at a distance of 677214.99 km.
Ganymede goes through an perijove at 17 hours 41 minutes UTC at a distance of 1068326.00 km.

Events:

Io Transit begins at 1 hour 15.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit begins at 2 hours 0.0 minutes
Io Transit ends at 3 hours 26.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit ends at 4 hours 11.0 minutes
Io Occultation disappears at 22 hours 25.0 minutes
Europa Transit ends at 0 hours 34.0 minutes
Europa Shadow Transit ends at 2 hours 6.0 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 | 11 May 2017 | Mostly East

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 816034129.84 km from the Sun.
5979.82 km closer than yesterday, moving at a radial velocity of 249.16 km/h

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 689001150.24 km from the Earth.
1328301.02 km further than yesterday, moving at a radial velocity of 55345.88 km/h

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 422587.14 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 423479.88 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 423108.48 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 421749.00 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 420398.20 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 667772.58 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 670342.42 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 673040.42 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 675348.20 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 676828.62 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1070332.86 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1069892.41 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1069474.39 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1069094.61 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1068771.81 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1870028.05 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1870634.21 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1871361.36 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1872200.03 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1873134.36 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an apojove at 7 hours 18 minutes UTC at a distance of 423512.21 km.

Events:

Io Occultation disappears at 3 hours 58.0 minutes
Io Eclipse reappears at 6 hours 55.2 minutes
Europa Transit begins at 22 hours 8.0 minutes
Europa Shadow Transit begins at 23 hours 40.0 minutes

 

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 | 10 May 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 816040109.66 km from the Sun.
5960.43 km closer than yesterday, moving at a radial velocity of 248.35 km/h

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 687672849.22 km from the Earth.
1292787.90 km further than yesterday, moving at a radial velocity of 53866.16 km/h

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 421651.26 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 420331.07 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 420077.33 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 421080.94 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 422587.14 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 666787.40 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 665286.01 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 664945.93 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 665840.24 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 667772.58 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1071939.23 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1071601.02 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1071207.94 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1070778.13 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1070332.86 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1868795.86 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1868930.59 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1869180.25 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1869544.64 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1870028.05 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an perijove at 10 hours 8 minutes UTC at a distance of 420009.69 km.
Europa goes through an perijove at 10 hours 38 minutes UTC at a distance of 664912.97 km.

Events:

Io Transit begins at 6 hours 48.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit begins at 7 hours 31.0 minutes
Io Transit ends at 8 hours 59.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit ends at 9 hours 42.0 minutes
Europa Occultation disappears at 3 hours 46.0 minutes
Europa Eclipse reappears at 7 hours 37.4 minutes
Ganymede Eclipse disappears at 0 hours 34.3 minutes
Ganymede Eclipse reappears at 2 hours 56.2 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