Jupiter's moons in October 2027
Io · Europa · Ganymede · Callisto
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. 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
12 events you can see from New Delhi this month, on 11 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 Wed 6 Oct
- Ganymede's shadow crosses Jupiter01:59 enters → 05:24 leaves · 3 h 25 min
- Io's shadow crosses Jupiter05:30 enters → 07:47 leaves · 2 h 17 min
Night of Thu 7 Oct
- Io behind Jupiterdisappears unseen → 05:32 reappears · 2 h 17 min
Night of Wed 13 Oct
- Ganymede's shadow crosses Jupiter05:51 enters → 05:55 leaves · 4 min
Night of Thu 14 Oct
- Io in Jupiter's shadow04:33 disappears → reappears unseen · 2 h 16 min
Night of Fri 15 Oct
- Io crosses Jupiter02:35 enters → 04:52 leaves · 2 h 17 min
Night of Sat 16 Oct
- Europa's shadow crosses Jupiter05:45 enters → 08:27 leaves · 2 h 43 min
Night of Mon 18 Oct
- Europa behind Jupiterdisappears unseen → 05:05 reappears · 2 h 47 min
Night of Fri 22 Oct
- Io crosses Jupiter04:35 enters → 06:51 leaves · 2 h 17 min
Night of Fri 29 Oct
- Io's shadow crosses Jupiter05:43 enters → 07:56 leaves · 2 h 14 min
Night of Sat 30 Oct
- Io behind Jupiterdisappears unseen → 05:58 reappears · 2 h 16 min
Night of Sun 31 Oct
- Ganymede in Jupiter's shadow03:47 disappears → 07:10 reappears · 3 h 23 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.