The Moon occults Jupiter — 6 October 2026
Lunar occultation of the planet Jupiter · Tuesday 6 October 2026 · World
Watch from (UTC)
08:21 – 12:29
58 of 148 listed cities see it
Jupiter hidden for
up to 81 min
Dakar, SN, 81 min
The Moon hides Jupiter for up to 81 minutes, in daylight for some, after sunset for others. 58 of the world's big cities see it; Rabat, MA misses by 0.9′.
Where it can be seen
sees the occultation
after sunset
graze limit
city sees it
near miss
The gold line is the north limit: along it Jupiter grazes the Moon's northern edge. North of the line, Jupiter misses: from Rabat, MA it passes 0.9′ outside the Moon. Right on the line it grazes, blinking behind lunar mountains. The solid line uses the Moon's real, mountainous edge. It lies -5.2 to +1.7 km from the smooth-sphere line (dotted).
In the violet area the Sun has set, so the reappearance is in a darkening sky.
Tap the map to set your location; pinch it to zoom in. Take the graze line with you: KML for Google Earth / Maps · GPX for a phone GPS app.
At the Moon's edge
Jupiter's path across the Moon from your location. North up, east left, as in binoculars. Times here are computed in your browser from the same ephemeris as the table, to the same ±2 s. Drag the slider to move it along its track.
Advanced · graze profile against the real lunar limb
For graze chasers. The Moon's real edge as you see it, from LRO LOLA terrain, with Jupiter's track for six minutes around each contact. Where the track dips below the terrain, Jupiter is hidden; near a graze it blinks behind peaks.
City by city
Times are against the real lunar limb (LRO LOLA terrain at each city's own libration). Disappears: Jupiter is fully hidden (it starts sliding in at the earlier time). Reappears: the first sliver returns. Where to look: the Moon's height (0° horizon, 90° overhead), its direction, and whether the Sun is up.
| City | Jupiter disappears (UTC) | reappears (UTC) | hidden | Where to look |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico City, MX | 08:22:55Moon not yet up | 08:54:35to 08:56:13 | 32 min | 2° up (low) in the ENE · dark sky · at reappearance |
| New York City, US | 08:24:01from 08:22:55 | 09:26:46to 09:27:57 | 63 min | 20° up in the E · dark sky |
| Toronto, CA | 08:26:17from 08:25:08 | 09:21:49to 09:23:03 | 56 min | 17° up in the E · dark sky |
| Bamako, ML | 10:31:56from 10:30:32 | 11:48:17to 11:49:33 | 76 min | 68° up (high) in the W · daylight, Sun +58° |
| Abidjan, CI | 10:50:45from 10:49:25 | 12:04:21to 12:05:33 | 74 min | 58° up in the WNW · daylight, Sun +69° |
| Ibadan, NG | 11:00:30from 10:59:09 | 12:05:00to 12:06:14 | 64 min | 49° up in the WNW · daylight, Sun +75° |
| Lagos, NG | 11:00:34from 10:59:13 | 12:06:43to 12:07:55 | 66 min | 49° up in the WNW · daylight, Sun +76° |
| Kano, NG | 11:07:30from 11:05:42 | 11:52:43to 11:54:23 | 45 min | 44° up in the W · daylight, Sun +73° |
| Kinshasa, CD | 11:24:39from 11:23:29 | 12:25:28to 12:26:30 | 61 min | 29° up in the WNW · daylight, Sun +80° |
| Luanda, AO | 11:27:38from 11:26:30 | 12:28:56to 12:29:58 | 61 min | 28° up in the WNW · daylight, Sun +81° |
| Dar es Salaam, TZ | 11:37:17from 11:36:11 | 12:21:53Moon has set | 45 min | 2° up (low) in the WNW · daylight, Sun +54° |
| Nairobi, KE | 11:39:58from 11:38:25 | 12:12:21Moon has set | 32 min | 5° up (low) in the WNW · daylight, Sun +55° |
| Johannesburg, ZA | 11:53:11from 11:51:33 | 12:23:43Moon has set | 30 min | 3° up (low) in the WNW · daylight, Sun +55° |
| Casablanca, MA | — | — | — | 63° up (high) in the SW · daylight, Sun +44° |
| Cairo, EG | misses by 16.4′ (closest at 11:16) | 22° up in the W · daylight, Sun +48° | ||
| Istanbul, TR | misses by 20.5′ (closest at 10:56) | 28° up in the W · daylight, Sun +42° | ||
| Moscow, RU | misses by 26.9′ (closest at 10:35) | 24° up in the W · daylight, Sun +27° | ||
| São Paulo, BR | misses by 32.9′ (closest at 10:49) | 49° up in the NNE · daylight, Sun +28° | ||
All 130 other cities
| City | Jupiter disappears (UTC) | reappears (UTC) | hidden | Where to look |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abobo, CI | 10:50:37from 10:49:15 | 12:04:15to 12:05:27 | 74 min | 58° up in the WNW · daylight, Sun +69° |
| Abuja, NG | 11:05:52from 11:04:23 | 12:01:13to 12:02:35 | 55 min | 44° up in the WNW · daylight, Sun +75° |
| Accra, GH | 10:55:58from 10:54:39 | 12:06:48to 12:07:59 | 71 min | 53° up in the WNW · daylight, Sun +73° |
| Adana, TR | misses by 20.9′ (closest at 11:06) | 21° up in the W · daylight, Sun +42° | ||
| Addis Ababa, ET | misses by 5.4′ (closest at 11:46) | 5° up (low) in the WNW · daylight, Sun +49° | ||
| Al Başrah al Qadīmah, IQ | misses by 21.0′ (closest at 11:19) | 8° up (low) in the WNW · daylight, Sun +37° | ||
| Al Mawşil al Jadīdah, IQ | misses by 22.7′ (closest at 11:09) | 14° up (low) in the W · daylight, Sun +38° | ||
| Aleppo, SY | misses by 21.1′ (closest at 11:08) | 19° up in the W · daylight, Sun +41° | ||
| Alexandria, EG | misses by 16.6′ (closest at 11:13) | 24° up in the W · daylight, Sun +48° | ||
| Algiers, DZ | misses by 7.8′ (closest at 10:41) | 52° up in the WSW · daylight, Sun +46° | ||
| Ankara, TR | misses by 21.3′ (closest at 11:00) | 24° up in the W · daylight, Sun +41° | ||
| Antalya, TR | misses by 19.4′ (closest at 11:04) | 25° up in the W · daylight, Sun +44° | ||
| Astana, KZ | misses by 31.2′ (closest at 10:45) | 2° up (low) in the WNW · daylight, Sun +16° | ||
| Asunción, PY | misses by 38.3′ (closest at 10:16) | 38° up in the NE · daylight, Sun +11° | ||
| Baghdad, IQ | misses by 21.7′ (closest at 11:14) | 12° up (low) in the W · daylight, Sun +38° | ||
| Baku, AZ | misses by 25.6′ (closest at 11:04) | 11° up (low) in the W · daylight, Sun +32° | ||
| Barcelona, ES | misses by 9.8′ (closest at 10:33) | 51° up in the WSW · daylight, Sun +41° | ||
| Basrah, IQ | misses by 21.0′ (closest at 11:19) | 8° up (low) in the WNW · daylight, Sun +37° | ||
| Beirut, LB | misses by 19.6′ (closest at 11:11) | 20° up in the W · daylight, Sun +44° | ||
| Belo Horizonte, BR | misses by 29.2′ (closest at 10:52) | 53° up in the NNE · daylight, Sun +32° | ||
| Belém, BR | misses by 18.4′ (closest at 10:05) | 60° up in the NE · daylight, Sun +16° | ||
| Benin City, NG | 11:04:21from 11:02:59 | 12:07:25to 12:08:38 | 63 min | 46° up in the WNW · daylight, Sun +77° |
| Berlin, DE | misses by 19.2′ (closest at 10:26) | 40° up in the WSW · daylight, Sun +32° | ||
| Bogotá, CO | misses by 16.5′ (closest at 08:54) | 22° up in the ENE · dark sky | ||
| Brasília, BR | misses by 28.7′ (closest at 10:33) | 54° up in the NNE · daylight, Sun +24° | ||
| Brazzaville, CG | 11:24:35from 11:23:26 | 12:25:24to 12:26:26 | 61 min | 29° up in the WNW · daylight, Sun +81° |
| Brooklyn, US | 08:23:58from 08:22:52 | 09:26:48to 09:28:00 | 63 min | 21° up in the E · dark sky |
| Bucharest, RO | misses by 20.8′ (closest at 10:48) | 31° up in the W · daylight, Sun +39° | ||
| Budapest, HU | misses by 19.4′ (closest at 10:38) | 37° up in the WSW · daylight, Sun +37° | ||
| Buenos Aires, AR | misses by 43.2′ (closest at 10:28) | 32° up in the NE · daylight, Sun +13° | ||
| Bursa, TR | misses by 20.2′ (closest at 10:57) | 28° up in the W · daylight, Sun +42° | ||
| Calgary, CA | misses by 3.2′ (closest at 08:57) | 1° up (low) in the ENE · dark sky | ||
| Cali, CO | misses by 17.4′ (closest at 08:52) | 18° up in the ENE · dark sky | ||
| Camayenne, GN | 10:28:28from 10:27:00 | 11:46:16to 11:47:36 | 78 min | 74° up (high) in the WNW · daylight, Sun +53° |
| Cape Town, ZA | misses by 7.3′ (closest at 12:08) | 5° up (low) in the WNW · daylight, Sun +54° | ||
| Caracas, VE | misses by 11.3′ (closest at 09:02) | 32° up in the ENE · dark sky | ||
| Chicago, US | 08:22:44from 08:21:40 | 09:16:48to 09:17:57 | 54 min | 10° up (low) in the ENE · dark sky |
| Ciudad Juárez, MX | 08:17:30Moon not yet up | 09:09:45to 09:10:42 | 52 min | 2° up (low) in the ENE · dark sky · at reappearance |
| Conakry, GN | 10:28:28from 10:27:01 | 11:46:17to 11:47:37 | 78 min | 74° up (high) in the WNW · daylight, Sun +53° |
| Curitiba, BR | misses by 35.2′ (closest at 10:43) | 46° up in the NNE · daylight, Sun +24° | ||
| Córdoba, AR | misses by 43.0′ (closest at 10:07) | 28° up in the NE · daylight, Sun +3° | ||
| Dakar, SN | 10:10:53from 10:09:23 | 11:32:17to 11:33:39 | 81 min | 83° up (high) in the W · daylight, Sun +44° |
| Dallas, US | 08:15:25Moon not yet up | 09:10:58to 09:11:58 | 56 min | 10° up (low) in the ENE · dark sky · at reappearance |
| Damascus, SY | misses by 19.7′ (closest at 11:12) | 19° up in the W · daylight, Sun +43° | ||
| Diyarbakır, TR | misses by 22.6′ (closest at 11:06) | 17° up in the W · daylight, Sun +39° | ||
| Douala, CM | 11:12:25from 11:11:04 | 12:12:14to 12:13:26 | 60 min | 40° up in the WNW · daylight, Sun +81° |
| Ecatepec de Morelos, MX | 08:22:32Moon not yet up | 08:54:58to 08:56:36 | 32 min | 2° up (low) in the ENE · dark sky · at reappearance |
| Erbil, IQ | misses by 22.8′ (closest at 11:09) | 14° up (low) in the W · daylight, Sun +38° | ||
| Fortaleza, BR | misses by 14.8′ (closest at 10:41) | 70° up (high) in the NNE · daylight, Sun +35° | ||
| Gaziantep, TR | misses by 21.5′ (closest at 11:06) | 20° up in the W · daylight, Sun +41° | ||
| Giza, EG | misses by 16.4′ (closest at 11:16) | 22° up in the W · daylight, Sun +48° | ||
| Goiânia, BR | misses by 29.9′ (closest at 10:30) | 52° up in the NNE · daylight, Sun +22° | ||
| Guayaquil, EC | misses by 22.1′ (closest at 08:52) | 14° up (low) in the ENE · dark sky | ||
| Hamburg, DE | misses by 18.4′ (closest at 10:22) | 41° up in the SW · daylight, Sun +30° | ||
| Harare, ZW | 11:40:02from 11:39:00 | 12:32:09Moon has set | 52 min | 6° up (low) in the WNW · daylight, Sun +59° |
| Havana, CU | 08:25:51from 08:24:05 | 09:00:50to 09:02:48 | 35 min | 11° up (low) in the ENE · dark sky |
| Houston, US | 08:14:38Moon not yet up | 09:09:08to 09:10:11 | 54 min | 11° up (low) in the ENE · dark sky · at reappearance |
| Isfahan, IR | misses by 22.8′ (closest at 11:15) | 5° up (low) in the WNW · daylight, Sun +34° | ||
| Iztapalapa, MX | 08:23:07Moon not yet up | 08:54:22to 08:56:01 | 31 min | 2° up (low) in the ENE · dark sky · at reappearance |
| Jeddah, SA | misses by 14.0′ (closest at 11:31) | 11° up (low) in the WNW · daylight, Sun +46° | ||
| Kaduna, NG | 11:05:13from 11:03:38 | 11:57:24to 11:58:52 | 52 min | 45° up in the W · daylight, Sun +74° |
| Kakamega, KE | 11:40:28from 11:38:46 | 12:09:31to 12:11:11 | 29 min | 8° up (low) in the WNW · daylight, Sun +57° |
| Kampala, UG | 11:38:45from 11:37:07 | 12:11:10to 12:12:42 | 32 min | 10° up (low) in the WNW · daylight, Sun +59° |
| Karaj, IR | misses by 24.1′ (closest at 11:11) | 8° up (low) in the WNW · daylight, Sun +33° | ||
| Kayseri, TR | misses by 21.6′ (closest at 11:03) | 22° up in the W · daylight, Sun +41° | ||
| Kharkiv, UA | misses by 25.4′ (closest at 10:44) | 24° up in the W · daylight, Sun +32° | ||
| Khartoum, SD | misses by 8.3′ (closest at 11:38) | 14° up (low) in the WNW · daylight, Sun +54° | ||
| Konya, TR | misses by 20.4′ (closest at 11:03) | 24° up in the W · daylight, Sun +42° | ||
| Kumasi, GH | 10:52:09from 10:50:49 | 12:04:02to 12:05:14 | 72 min | 56° up in the WNW · daylight, Sun +70° |
| Kyiv, UA | misses by 24.0′ (closest at 10:41) | 28° up in the WSW · daylight, Sun +33° | ||
| La Paz, BO | misses by 34.6′ (closest at 09:30) | 28° up in the ENE · dusk | ||
| León de los Aldama, MX | 08:19:14Moon not yet up | 08:59:21to 09:00:38 | 40 min | 1° up (low) in the ENE · dark sky · at reappearance |
| Lima, PE | misses by 30.9′ (closest at 09:06) | 16° up in the ENE · dark sky | ||
| Lomé, TG | 10:57:25from 10:56:05 | 12:06:31to 12:07:43 | 69 min | 52° up in the WNW · daylight, Sun +74° |
| London, GB | misses by 13.9′ (closest at 10:15) | 48° up in the SW · daylight, Sun +30° | ||
| Lubumbashi, CD | 11:35:30from 11:34:29 | 12:31:10Moon has set | 56 min | 12° up (low) in the WNW · daylight, Sun +65° |
| Lusaka, ZM | 11:38:08from 11:37:05 | 12:32:26Moon has set | 54 min | 10° up (low) in the WNW · daylight, Sun +63° |
| Madinah, SA | misses by 15.9′ (closest at 11:27) | 12° up (low) in the W · daylight, Sun +45° | ||
| Madrid, ES | misses by 6.4′ (closest at 10:27) | 56° up in the SW · daylight, Sun +39° | ||
| Makkah, SA | misses by 14.2′ (closest at 11:31) | 10° up (low) in the WNW · daylight, Sun +46° | ||
| Manaus, BR | misses by 23.3′ (closest at 09:31) | 41° up in the ENE · sunset twilight | ||
| Manhattan, US | 08:24:07from 08:23:00 | 09:26:48to 09:27:59 | 63 min | 21° up in the E · dark sky |
| Maracaibo, VE | misses by 10.9′ (closest at 08:54) | 26° up in the ENE · dark sky | ||
| Mashhad, IR | misses by 25.6′ (closest at 11:09) | 1° up (low) in the WNW · daylight, Sun +28° | ||
| Mbuji-Mayi, CD | 11:31:21from 11:30:16 | 12:27:00to 12:28:00 | 56 min | 19° up in the WNW · daylight, Sun +71° |
| Medellín, CO | misses by 14.8′ (closest at 08:51) | 20° up in the ENE · dark sky | ||
| Milan, IT | misses by 14.8′ (closest at 10:33) | 45° up in the WSW · daylight, Sun +39° | ||
| Minsk, BY | misses by 24.0′ (closest at 10:33) | 30° up in the WSW · daylight, Sun +30° | ||
| Monrovia, LR | 10:39:46from 10:38:17 | 11:55:00to 11:56:18 | 75 min | 67° up (high) in the WNW · daylight, Sun +60° |
| Montréal, CA | 08:31:06from 08:29:51 | 09:25:35to 09:26:56 | 54 min | 22° up in the E · dark sky |
| Mosul, IQ | misses by 22.7′ (closest at 11:09) | 14° up (low) in the W · daylight, Sun +38° | ||
| Munich, DE | misses by 16.9′ (closest at 10:31) | 42° up in the WSW · daylight, Sun +36° | ||
| N'Djamena, TD | 11:26:07from 11:22:36 | 11:44:24to 11:47:42 | 18 min | 33° up in the W · daylight, Sun +70° |
| Niamey, NE | 10:52:07from 10:50:33 | 11:50:16to 11:51:41 | 58 min | 54° up in the W · daylight, Sun +68° |
| Omdurman, SD | misses by 8.3′ (closest at 11:38) | 14° up (low) in the WNW · daylight, Sun +54° | ||
| Onitsha, NG | 11:06:23from 11:05:02 | 12:07:54to 12:09:08 | 62 min | 44° up in the WNW · daylight, Sun +78° |
| Ouagadougou, BF | 10:45:07from 10:43:41 | 11:52:40to 11:53:59 | 68 min | 59° up in the W · daylight, Sun +65° |
| Paris, FR | misses by 13.6′ (closest at 10:21) | 48° up in the SW · daylight, Sun +33° | ||
| Philadelphia, US | 08:22:46from 08:21:41 | 09:25:42to 09:26:52 | 63 min | 19° up in the E · dark sky |
| Port Harcourt, NG | 11:07:51from 11:06:32 | 12:10:39to 12:11:50 | 63 min | 43° up in the WNW · daylight, Sun +80° |
| Porto Alegre, BR | misses by 38.5′ (closest at 10:43) | 40° up in the NNE · daylight, Sun +22° | ||
| Pretoria, ZA | 11:52:00from 11:50:26 | 12:24:48Moon has set | 33 min | 4° up (low) in the WNW · daylight, Sun +55° |
| Puebla, MX | 08:24:19Moon not yet up | 08:52:55to 08:54:45 | 29 min | 2° up (low) in the ENE · dark sky · at reappearance |
| Queens, US | 08:24:03from 08:22:57 | 09:26:55to 09:28:07 | 63 min | 21° up in the E · dark sky |
| Quito, EC | misses by 20.5′ (closest at 08:52) | 16° up in the ENE · dark sky | ||
| Rabat, MA | misses by 0.9′ (closest at 10:33) | 61° up (high) in the SW · daylight, Sun +44° | ||
| Recife, BR | misses by 15.5′ (closest at 10:58) | 66° up (high) in the N · daylight, Sun +43° | ||
| Rio de Janeiro, BR | misses by 30.6′ (closest at 10:58) | 51° up in the N · daylight, Sun +34° | ||
| Riyadh, SA | misses by 17.7′ (closest at 11:27) | 5° up (low) in the WNW · daylight, Sun +40° | ||
| Rome, IT | misses by 14.6′ (closest at 10:42) | 42° up in the WSW · daylight, Sun +43° | ||
| Saint Petersburg, RU | misses by 25.9′ (closest at 10:25) | 28° up in the WSW · daylight, Sun +24° | ||
| Salvador, BR | misses by 21.4′ (closest at 10:57) | 61° up (high) in the N · daylight, Sun +39° | ||
| San Antonio, US | 08:14:51Moon not yet up | 09:08:32to 09:09:34 | 54 min | 8° up (low) in the ENE · dark sky · at reappearance |
| Sanaa, YE | misses by 11.2′ (closest at 11:39) | 3° up (low) in the WNW · daylight, Sun +44° | ||
| Santa Cruz de la Sierra, BO | misses by 35.0′ (closest at 09:45) | 34° up in the NE · sunset twilight | ||
| Santiago de Querétaro, MX | 08:20:17Moon not yet up | 08:57:49to 08:59:12 | 38 min | 1° up (low) in the ENE · dark sky · at reappearance |
| Santiago, CL | misses by 44.8′ (closest at 09:54) | 21° up in the NE · sunset twilight | ||
| Santo Domingo, DO | misses by 3.2′ (closest at 08:54) | 28° up in the E · dark sky | ||
| Soweto, ZA | 11:53:32from 11:51:49 | 12:23:27Moon has set | 30 min | 3° up (low) in the WNW · daylight, Sun +55° |
| Stockholm, SE | misses by 22.7′ (closest at 10:19) | 34° up in the WSW · daylight, Sun +25° | ||
| Tabriz, IR | misses by 24.1′ (closest at 11:07) | 12° up (low) in the W · daylight, Sun +35° | ||
| Tehran, IR | misses by 24.1′ (closest at 11:11) | 7° up (low) in the WNW · daylight, Sun +33° | ||
| The Bronx, US | 08:24:14from 08:23:07 | 09:26:53to 09:28:05 | 63 min | 21° up in the E · dark sky |
| Tripoli, LY | misses by 10.7′ (closest at 10:59) | 41° up in the W · daylight, Sun +52° | ||
| Valencia, VE | misses by 11.6′ (closest at 09:00) | 30° up in the ENE · dark sky | ||
| Vienna, AT | misses by 18.7′ (closest at 10:35) | 39° up in the WSW · daylight, Sun +37° | ||
| Warsaw, PL | misses by 21.6′ (closest at 10:32) | 35° up in the WSW · daylight, Sun +32° | ||
| Yaoundé, CM | 11:15:08from 11:13:48 | 12:12:31to 12:13:44 | 57 min | 37° up in the WNW · daylight, Sun +80° |
| Yekaterinburg, RU | misses by 31.0′ (closest at 10:37) | 11° up (low) in the W · daylight, Sun +19° | ||
| İzmir, TR | misses by 18.9′ (closest at 10:59) | 29° up in the W · daylight, Sun +44° | ||
How to watch
Method & accuracy
Positions from the JPL DE431 ephemeris (Skyfield), ΔT = 69.1 s. City times and the solid limit line use the real lunar limb: LRO LOLA terrain (LDEM_64, ~0.5 km) as each observer sees it. That changes times by a few seconds, or tens of seconds near a graze. The any-location solver in your browser and the shaded region still use the mean sphere of 1737.4 km (±2 s). Jupiter's own disc (33″ across) is included: partial contacts are the from/to times. The numbers behind this page: jupiter-2026-10-06.json. Generated 2026-09-14.