Jupiter's moons in February 2027
Io · Europa · Ganymede · Callisto · 5 mutual events
Jupiter's four big moons put on a show every night. They pass behind it, into its shadow and across its face, and their shadows cross its clouds. Any telescope shows it. This is a mutual-event season: the moons' orbits are edge-on to the Sun, so they eclipse and hide each other. Pick your place to see only what's visible from there.
Where the moons are
Jupiter's equator horizontal, east to the left as in binoculars. Drag through the month or tap an event to jump to it. Full screen (⤢) steps through one night minute by minute. A faded moon is behind the planet; an empty ring is a moon in its shadow. Positions ±0.1 Jupiter radii, for the picture; the times come from JPL.
Events
63 events you can see from New Delhi this month, on 24 nights
Times in IST, when the moon's centre crosses the edge, as almanacs list them. A night runs from noon to noon. Tap an event to see it in the diagram.
Night of Mon 1 Feb
- Ganymede in Jupiter's shadow20:28 disappears → reappears unseen · 3 h 37 min
- Ganymede behind Jupiterdisappears unseen → 01:02 reappears · 3 h 38 min
Night of Tue 2 Feb
- Io's shadow crosses Jupiter05:04 enters → 07:21 leaves · 2 h 18 min
- Io crosses Jupiter05:15 enters → 07:33 leaves · 2 h 17 min
Night of Wed 3 Feb
- Io in Jupiter's shadow02:21 disappears → reappears unseen · 2 h 18 min
- Io behind Jupiterdisappears unseen → 04:50 reappears · 2 h 18 min
Night of Thu 4 Feb
- Io's shadow crosses Jupiter23:32 enters → 01:50 leaves · 2 h 18 min
- Io crosses Jupiter23:41 enters → 01:59 leaves · 2 h 17 min
- Europa in Jupiter's shadow02:58 disappears → reappears unseen · 2 h 50 min
- Europa behind Jupiterdisappears unseen → 06:06 reappears · 2 h 50 min
Night of Fri 5 Feb
- Io in Jupiter's shadow20:50 disappears → reappears unseen · 2 h 18 min
- Io behind Jupiterdisappears unseen → 23:16 reappears · 2 h 18 min
Night of Sat 6 Feb
- Io's shadow crosses Jupiter18:00 enters → 20:18 leaves · 2 h 18 min
- Io crosses Jupiter18:07 enters → 20:24 leaves · 2 h 17 min
- Europa's shadow crosses Jupiter21:51 enters → 00:45 leaves · 2 h 54 min
- Europa crosses Jupiter22:05 enters → 00:57 leaves · 2 h 52 min
Night of Sun 7 Feb
- Callisto in Jupiter's shadow02:20 disappears → reappears unseen · 4 h 43 min
Night of Mon 8 Feb
- Europa behind Jupiterdisappears unseen → 19:12 reappears · 2 h 50 min
- Ganymede in Jupiter's shadow00:27 disappears → reappears unseen · 3 h 37 min
- Ganymede behind Jupiterdisappears unseen → 04:17 reappears · 3 h 38 min
Night of Wed 10 Feb
- Io behind Jupiter04:15 disappears → 06:34 reappears · 2 h 18 min
Night of Thu 11 Feb
- Io crosses Jupiter01:25 enters → 03:42 leaves · 2 h 17 min
- Io's shadow crosses Jupiter01:27 enters → 03:43 leaves · 2 h 17 min
- Europa behind Jupiter05:29 disappears → reappears unseen · 2 h 50 min
Night of Fri 12 Feb
- Io behind Jupiter22:41 disappears → reappears unseen · 2 h 18 min
- Io in Jupiter's shadowdisappears unseen → 01:02 reappears · 2 h 18 min
Night of Sat 13 Feb
- Io crosses Jupiter19:51 enters → 22:08 leaves · 2 h 17 min
- Io's shadow crosses Jupiter19:54 enters → 22:12 leaves · 2 h 18 min
- Europa crosses Jupiter00:20 enters → 03:12 leaves · 2 h 53 min
- Europa's shadow crosses Jupiter00:29 enters → 03:21 leaves · 2 h 53 min
Night of Sun 14 Feb
- Io in Jupiter's shadowdisappears unseen → 19:31 reappears · 2 h 18 min
Night of Mon 15 Feb
- Europa behind Jupiter18:35 disappears → reappears unseen · 2 h 51 min
- Io eclipses Ganymede21:36 · 3.9 min
- Europa in Jupiter's shadowdisappears unseen → 21:39 reappears · 2 h 50 min
- Ganymede behind Jupiter03:54 disappears → reappears unseen · 3 h 38 min
Night of Thu 18 Feb
- Io crosses Jupiter03:08 enters → 05:26 leaves · 2 h 17 min
- Io's shadow crosses Jupiter03:21 enters → 05:37 leaves · 2 h 17 min
Night of Fri 19 Feb
- Ganymede crosses Jupiter17:35 enters → 21:12 leaves · 3 h 37 min
- Ganymede's shadow crosses Jupiter18:27 enters → 22:04 leaves · 3 h 37 min
- Io behind Jupiter00:25 disappears → reappears unseen · 2 h 18 min
- Io in Jupiter's shadowdisappears unseen → 02:57 reappears · 2 h 18 min
Night of Sat 20 Feb
- Io crosses Jupiter21:34 enters → 23:52 leaves · 2 h 17 min
- Io's shadow crosses Jupiter21:48 enters → 00:06 leaves · 2 h 18 min
- Europa crosses Jupiter02:35 enters → 05:27 leaves · 2 h 53 min
- Europa's shadow crosses Jupiter03:04 enters → 05:58 leaves · 2 h 54 min
Night of Sun 21 Feb
- Io behind Jupiter18:51 disappears → reappears unseen · 2 h 18 min
- Io in Jupiter's shadowdisappears unseen → 21:25 reappears · 2 h 18 min
Night of Mon 22 Feb
- Europa behind Jupiter20:49 disappears → reappears unseen · 2 h 51 min
- Europa in Jupiter's shadowdisappears unseen → 00:13 reappears · 2 h 50 min
- Io eclipses Ganymede00:34 · 3.3 min
Night of Wed 24 Feb
- Europa's shadow crosses Jupiter16:23 enters → 19:16 leaves · 2 h 53 min
- Callisto in Jupiter's shadowdisappears unseen → 01:03 reappears · 4 h 41 min
Night of Thu 25 Feb
- Io crosses Jupiter04:52 enters → 07:10 leaves · 2 h 17 min
- Io's shadow crosses Jupiter05:15 enters → 07:31 leaves · 2 h 17 min
Night of Fri 26 Feb
- Ganymede crosses Jupiter20:53 enters → 00:30 leaves · 3 h 37 min
- Ganymede's shadow crosses Jupiter22:24 enters → 02:02 leaves · 3 h 38 min
- Io behind Jupiter02:10 disappears → reappears unseen · 2 h 18 min
- Io in Jupiter's shadowdisappears unseen → 04:51 reappears · 2 h 18 min
Night of Sat 27 Feb
- Io crosses Jupiter23:18 enters → 01:36 leaves · 2 h 17 min
- Io's shadow crosses Jupiter23:42 enters → 02:00 leaves · 2 h 17 min
- Europa crosses Jupiter04:51 enters → 07:43 leaves · 2 h 53 min
Night of Sun 28 Feb
- Io behind Jupiter20:36 disappears → reappears unseen · 2 h 18 min
- Io in Jupiter's shadowdisappears unseen → 23:20 reappears · 2 h 18 min
Reading the list
Times are when the moon's centre crosses the edge of Jupiter or its shadow, as in published tables. The whole disc takes a few minutes. A start or end marked unseen happens behind Jupiter or inside its shadow. “Only what I can see” keeps events with Jupiter more than 10° up in a dark sky. Positions: JPL DE431 and jup365, with Jupiter as a flattened globe. Mutual-event brightness drops are estimates. Each event happens at the same instant everywhere on Earth.