Jupiter's moons in December 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
38 events you can see from New Delhi this month, on 21 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 1 Dec
- Io behind Jupiterdisappears unseen → 02:45 reappears · 2 h 16 min
Night of Fri 3 Dec
- Europa in Jupiter's shadow05:33 disappears → reappears unseen · 2 h 44 min
Night of Sun 5 Dec
- Europa's shadow crosses Jupiter23:44 enters → 02:26 leaves · 2 h 43 min
- Europa crosses Jupiter02:08 enters → 04:51 leaves · 2 h 43 min
Night of Mon 6 Dec
- Ganymede in Jupiter's shadow23:37 disappears → 02:56 reappears · 3 h 19 min
- Callisto behind Jupiter03:11 disappears → 05:35 reappears · 2 h 24 min
- Ganymede behind Jupiter04:37 disappears → 07:47 reappears · 3 h 10 min
Night of Tue 7 Dec
- Io's shadow crosses Jupiter04:06 enters → 06:19 leaves · 2 h 13 min
- Io crosses Jupiter05:16 enters → 07:31 leaves · 2 h 15 min
Night of Wed 8 Dec
- Io behind Jupiterdisappears unseen → 04:39 reappears · 2 h 16 min
Night of Thu 9 Dec
- Io crosses Jupiter23:44 enters → 01:59 leaves · 2 h 15 min
Night of Sun 12 Dec
- Europa's shadow crosses Jupiter02:20 enters → 05:01 leaves · 2 h 41 min
- Europa crosses Jupiter04:46 enters → 07:28 leaves · 2 h 42 min
Night of Mon 13 Dec
- Ganymede in Jupiter's shadow03:34 disappears → 06:53 reappears · 3 h 18 min
Night of Tue 14 Dec
- Callisto's shadow crosses Jupiter01:00 enters → 04:12 leaves · 3 h 12 min
- Europa behind Jupiterdisappears unseen → 02:33 reappears · 2 h 41 min
- Io's shadow crosses Jupiter05:57 enters → 08:12 leaves · 2 h 15 min
Night of Wed 15 Dec
- Io in Jupiter's shadow03:03 disappears → reappears unseen · 2 h 16 min
- Io behind Jupiterdisappears unseen → 06:33 reappears · 2 h 16 min
Night of Thu 16 Dec
- Io's shadow crosses Jupiter00:27 enters → 02:40 leaves · 2 h 13 min
- Io crosses Jupiter01:38 enters → 03:53 leaves · 2 h 15 min
Night of Fri 17 Dec
- Ganymede crosses Jupiter22:41 enters → 01:47 leaves · 3 h 06 min
Night of Sun 19 Dec
- Europa's shadow crosses Jupiter04:53 enters → 07:35 leaves · 2 h 43 min
Night of Tue 21 Dec
- Europa behind Jupiterdisappears unseen → 05:06 reappears · 2 h 40 min
Night of Wed 22 Dec
- Io in Jupiter's shadow04:57 disappears → reappears unseen · 2 h 16 min
Night of Thu 23 Dec
- Io's shadow crosses Jupiter02:20 enters → 04:33 leaves · 2 h 13 min
- Io crosses Jupiter03:31 enters → 05:46 leaves · 2 h 15 min
Night of Fri 24 Dec
- Ganymede's shadow crosses Jupiter21:40 enters → 00:53 leaves · 3 h 13 min
- Ganymede crosses Jupiter02:37 enters → 05:41 leaves · 3 h 04 min
- Io behind Jupiterdisappears unseen → 02:55 reappears · 2 h 15 min
Night of Tue 28 Dec
- Europa in Jupiter's shadow02:31 disappears → reappears unseen · 2 h 43 min
Night of Thu 30 Dec
- Europa crosses Jupiter23:11 enters → 01:52 leaves · 2 h 41 min
- Io's shadow crosses Jupiter04:13 enters → 06:26 leaves · 2 h 13 min
- Io crosses Jupiter05:23 enters → 07:37 leaves · 2 h 14 min
Night of Fri 31 Dec
- Io in Jupiter's shadow01:18 disappears → reappears unseen · 2 h 16 min
- Ganymede's shadow crosses Jupiter01:26 enters → 01:31 leaves · 4 min
- Ganymede's shadow crosses Jupiter01:38 enters → 04:49 leaves · 3 h 12 min
- Io behind Jupiterdisappears unseen → 04:46 reappears · 2 h 15 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.