The Moon occults Jupiter — 20 February 2027
Lunar occultation of the planet Jupiter · Saturday 20 February 2027 · World
No large city sees this one. The map shows where it's visible.
Where it can be seen
The gold line is the north limit: along it Jupiter grazes the Moon's northern edge. North of the line, Jupiter misses: from Santiago, CL it passes 16.3′ 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 -0.0 to +3.2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| London, GB | misses by 105.3′ (closest at 05:11) | 14° up (low) in the W · dark sky | ||
| Mexico City, MX | misses by 42.8′ (closest at 03:55) | 58° up in the E · dark sky | ||
| New York City, US | misses by 73.0′ (closest at 04:10) | 63° up (high) in the S · dark sky | ||
| São Paulo, BR | misses by 37.8′ (closest at 06:03) | 27° up in the WNW · dark sky | ||
All 72 other cities
| City | Jupiter disappears (UTC) | reappears (UTC) | hidden | Where to look |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algiers, DZ | misses by 101.1′ (closest at 05:34) | 5° up (low) in the WNW · dark sky | ||
| Asunción, PY | misses by 30.1′ (closest at 05:52) | 36° up in the NW · dark sky | ||
| Bamako, ML | misses by 84.4′ (closest at 06:01) | 3° up (low) in the WNW · dark sky | ||
| Barcelona, ES | misses by 102.8′ (closest at 05:27) | 8° up (low) in the W · dark sky | ||
| Belo Horizonte, BR | misses by 42.5′ (closest at 06:04) | 26° up in the WNW · dark sky | ||
| Belém, BR | misses by 55.8′ (closest at 05:37) | 44° up in the WNW · dark sky | ||
| Berlin, DE | misses by 107.2′ (closest at 05:13) | 6° up (low) in the WNW · dusk | ||
| Bogotá, CO | misses by 42.6′ (closest at 04:44) | 79° up (high) in the NNW · dark sky | ||
| Brasília, BR | misses by 44.0′ (closest at 05:55) | 34° up in the WNW · dark sky | ||
| Brooklyn, US | misses by 72.9′ (closest at 04:11) | 63° up (high) in the S · dark sky | ||
| Buenos Aires, AR | misses by 22.1′ (closest at 05:57) | 29° up in the NW · dark sky | ||
| Calgary, CA | misses by 72.8′ (closest at 03:45) | 35° up in the ESE · dark sky | ||
| Cali, CO | misses by 40.0′ (closest at 04:42) | 79° up (high) in the N · dark sky | ||
| Camayenne, GN | misses by 80.6′ (closest at 06:02) | 8° up (low) in the WNW · dark sky | ||
| Caracas, VE | misses by 52.4′ (closest at 04:48) | 77° up (high) in the WNW · dark sky | ||
| Casablanca, MA | misses by 97.6′ (closest at 05:34) | 13° up (low) in the W · dark sky | ||
| Chicago, US | misses by 68.7′ (closest at 03:58) | 57° up in the SE · dark sky | ||
| Ciudad Juárez, MX | misses by 53.8′ (closest at 03:44) | 47° up in the ESE · dark sky | ||
| Conakry, GN | misses by 80.6′ (closest at 06:02) | 8° up (low) in the WNW · dark sky | ||
| Curitiba, BR | misses by 34.7′ (closest at 06:02) | 28° up in the NW · dark sky | ||
| Córdoba, AR | misses by 21.5′ (closest at 05:48) | 36° up in the NW · dark sky | ||
| Dakar, SN | misses by 83.4′ (closest at 05:53) | 15° up (low) in the W · dark sky | ||
| Dallas, US | misses by 57.0′ (closest at 03:51) | 56° up in the ESE · dark sky | ||
| Ecatepec de Morelos, MX | misses by 43.0′ (closest at 03:55) | 58° up in the E · dark sky | ||
| Fortaleza, BR | misses by 59.7′ (closest at 05:54) | 30° up in the WNW · dark sky | ||
| Goiânia, BR | misses by 42.4′ (closest at 05:55) | 34° up in the WNW · dark sky | ||
| Guadalajara, MX | misses by 42.9′ (closest at 03:50) | 52° up in the E · dark sky | ||
| Guayaquil, EC | misses by 33.2′ (closest at 04:45) | 73° up (high) in the N · dark sky | ||
| Hamburg, DE | misses by 107.0′ (closest at 05:10) | 8° up (low) in the WNW · dark sky | ||
| Havana, CU | misses by 53.4′ (closest at 04:11) | 75° up (high) in the ESE · dark sky | ||
| Houston, US | misses by 54.4′ (closest at 03:53) | 58° up in the ESE · dark sky | ||
| Iztapalapa, MX | misses by 42.8′ (closest at 03:55) | 58° up in the E · dark sky | ||
| La Paz, BO | misses by 30.4′ (closest at 05:26) | 53° up in the NNW · dark sky | ||
| León de los Aldama, MX | misses by 43.8′ (closest at 03:51) | 54° up in the E · dark sky | ||
| Lima, PE | misses by 27.6′ (closest at 05:05) | 62° up (high) in the NNW · dark sky | ||
| Los Angeles, US | misses by 55.2′ (closest at 03:38) | 35° up in the E · dark sky | ||
| Madrid, ES | misses by 101.4′ (closest at 05:26) | 13° up (low) in the W · dark sky | ||
| Manaus, BR | misses by 46.7′ (closest at 05:20) | 58° up in the NW · dark sky | ||
| Manhattan, US | misses by 73.0′ (closest at 04:11) | 63° up (high) in the S · dark sky | ||
| Maracaibo, VE | misses by 49.2′ (closest at 04:40) | 83° up (high) in the NW · dark sky | ||
| Medellín, CO | misses by 42.9′ (closest at 04:40) | 81° up (high) in the N · dark sky | ||
| Milan, IT | misses by 105.2′ (closest at 05:22) | 5° up (low) in the WNW · dusk | ||
| Monrovia, LR | misses by 78.8′ (closest at 06:07) | 3° up (low) in the WNW · dark sky | ||
| Montréal, CA | misses by 77.0′ (closest at 04:10) | 59° up in the S · dark sky | ||
| Munich, DE | misses by 106.1′ (closest at 05:19) | 4° up (low) in the WNW · dusk | ||
| Paris, FR | misses by 105.1′ (closest at 05:15) | 11° up (low) in the W · dark sky | ||
| Philadelphia, US | misses by 71.8′ (closest at 04:10) | 64° up (high) in the SSE · dark sky | ||
| Phoenix, US | misses by 54.9′ (closest at 03:41) | 41° up in the E · dark sky | ||
| Porto Alegre, BR | misses by 29.7′ (closest at 06:02) | 27° up in the NW · dark sky | ||
| Puebla, MX | misses by 42.7′ (closest at 03:56) | 59° up in the E · dark sky | ||
| Queens, US | misses by 73.0′ (closest at 04:11) | 63° up (high) in the S · dark sky | ||
| Quito, EC | misses by 35.7′ (closest at 04:44) | 75° up (high) in the N · dark sky | ||
| Rabat, MA | misses by 98.0′ (closest at 05:33) | 13° up (low) in the W · dark sky | ||
| Recife, BR | misses by 57.7′ (closest at 06:03) | 23° up in the WNW · dark sky | ||
| Rio de Janeiro, BR | misses by 40.1′ (closest at 06:07) | 24° up in the WNW · dark sky | ||
| Rome, IT | misses by 104.4′ (closest at 05:28) | 0° up (low) in the WNW · dusk | ||
| Saint Petersburg, RU | misses by 109.0′ (closest at 05:02) | 1° up (low) in the WNW · sunset twilight | ||
| Salvador, BR | misses by 51.5′ (closest at 06:04) | 25° up in the WNW · dark sky | ||
| San Antonio, US | misses by 53.2′ (closest at 03:51) | 56° up in the ESE · dark sky | ||
| San Diego, US | misses by 53.8′ (closest at 03:38) | 36° up in the E · dark sky | ||
| Santa Cruz de la Sierra, BO | misses by 32.8′ (closest at 05:36) | 47° up in the NW · dark sky | ||
| Santiago de Querétaro, MX | misses by 43.6′ (closest at 03:53) | 56° up in the E · dark sky | ||
| Santiago, CL | misses by 16.3′ (closest at 05:41) | 37° up in the NNW · dark sky | ||
| Santo Domingo, DO | misses by 56.8′ (closest at 04:32) | 84° up (high) in the SW · dark sky | ||
| Stockholm, SE | misses by 108.4′ (closest at 05:03) | 6° up (low) in the WNW · dusk | ||
| The Bronx, US | misses by 73.1′ (closest at 04:11) | 63° up (high) in the S · dark sky | ||
| Tijuana, MX | misses by 53.6′ (closest at 03:38) | 37° up in the E · dark sky | ||
| Toronto, CA | misses by 73.3′ (closest at 04:05) | 59° up in the SSE · dark sky | ||
| Valencia, VE | misses by 51.4′ (closest at 04:46) | 79° up (high) in the WNW · dark sky | ||
| Vienna, AT | misses by 106.6′ (closest at 05:19) | 1° up (low) in the WNW · dusk | ||
| Warsaw, PL | misses by 107.8′ (closest at 05:14) | 1° up (low) in the WNW · sunset twilight | ||
| Zapopan, MX | misses by 43.0′ (closest at 03:50) | 52° up in the E · dark sky | ||
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 (44″ across) is included: partial contacts are the from/to times. The numbers behind this page: jupiter-2027-02-20.json. Generated 2026-09-14.