Jupiter's moons in January 2028
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
52 events you can see from New Delhi this month, on 22 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 Fri 31 Dec
- Ganymede crosses Jupiter06:29 enters → 09:31 leaves · 3 h 02 min
Night of Sat 1 Jan
- Io's shadow crosses Jupiter22:41 enters → 00:54 leaves · 2 h 13 min
- Io crosses Jupiter23:50 enters → 02:05 leaves · 2 h 14 min
Night of Tue 4 Jan
- Europa in Jupiter's shadow05:05 disappears → reappears unseen · 2 h 42 min
Night of Thu 6 Jan
- Europa's shadow crosses Jupiter23:22 enters → 02:03 leaves · 2 h 41 min
- Europa crosses Jupiter01:42 enters → 04:22 leaves · 2 h 40 min
- Io's shadow crosses Jupiter06:06 enters → 08:19 leaves · 2 h 13 min
Night of Fri 7 Jan
- Io in Jupiter's shadow03:12 disappears → reappears unseen · 2 h 16 min
- Ganymede's shadow crosses Jupiter05:31 enters → 08:46 leaves · 3 h 14 min
- Io behind Jupiterdisappears unseen → 06:37 reappears · 2 h 15 min
Night of Sat 8 Jan
- Io's shadow crosses Jupiter00:34 enters → 02:47 leaves · 2 h 13 min
- Io crosses Jupiter01:41 enters → 03:55 leaves · 2 h 14 min
- Callisto in Jupiter's shadow03:09 disappears → 06:07 reappears · 2 h 58 min
Night of Sun 9 Jan
- Io behind Jupiterdisappears unseen → 01:05 reappears · 2 h 15 min
Night of Tue 11 Jan
- Ganymede behind Jupiter00:09 disappears → 03:09 reappears · 3 h 00 min
Night of Thu 13 Jan
- Europa's shadow crosses Jupiter01:50 enters → 01:52 leaves · 2 min
- Europa's shadow crosses Jupiter01:57 enters → 04:37 leaves · 2 h 41 min
- Europa crosses Jupiter04:10 enters → 06:50 leaves · 2 h 40 min
Night of Fri 14 Jan
- Io in Jupiter's shadow05:05 disappears → reappears unseen · 2 h 16 min
Night of Sat 15 Jan
- Europa behind Jupiterdisappears unseen → 01:44 reappears · 2 h 38 min
- Io's shadow crosses Jupiter02:26 enters → 04:40 leaves · 2 h 14 min
- Io crosses Jupiter03:30 enters → 05:44 leaves · 2 h 14 min
Night of Sun 16 Jan
- Io in Jupiter's shadow23:34 disappears → reappears unseen · 2 h 16 min
- Io behind Jupiterdisappears unseen → 02:54 reappears · 2 h 15 min
Night of Mon 17 Jan
- Io's shadow crosses Jupiter20:55 enters → 23:08 leaves · 2 h 13 min
- Io crosses Jupiter21:57 enters → 00:11 leaves · 2 h 14 min
- Callisto crosses Jupiter23:32 enters → 01:04 leaves · 1 h 32 min
Night of Tue 18 Jan
- Ganymede in Jupiter's shadow23:24 disappears → 02:39 reappears · 3 h 14 min
- Ganymede behind Jupiter03:50 disappears → 06:48 reappears · 2 h 59 min
Night of Thu 20 Jan
- Europa's shadow crosses Jupiter04:31 enters → 07:13 leaves · 2 h 42 min
- Europa crosses Jupiter06:36 enters → 09:16 leaves · 2 h 40 min
Night of Sat 22 Jan
- Europa in Jupiter's shadow23:28 disappears → reappears unseen · 2 h 42 min
- Europa behind Jupiterdisappears unseen → 04:07 reappears · 2 h 38 min
- Io's shadow crosses Jupiter04:20 enters → 06:33 leaves · 2 h 13 min
- Io crosses Jupiter05:18 enters → 07:32 leaves · 2 h 14 min
Night of Sun 23 Jan
- Io in Jupiter's shadow01:27 disappears → reappears unseen · 2 h 16 min
- Io behind Jupiterdisappears unseen → 04:42 reappears · 2 h 15 min
Night of Mon 24 Jan
- Io's shadow crosses Jupiter22:47 enters → 01:01 leaves · 2 h 14 min
- Io crosses Jupiter23:45 enters → 01:59 leaves · 2 h 14 min
Night of Tue 25 Jan
- Callisto in Jupiter's shadow21:11 disappears → 23:58 reappears · 2 h 47 min
- Io behind Jupiterdisappears unseen → 23:09 reappears · 2 h 15 min
- Ganymede in Jupiter's shadow03:22 disappears → 06:36 reappears · 3 h 14 min
Night of Sat 29 Jan
- Ganymede crosses Jupiter21:10 enters → 00:06 leaves · 2 h 56 min
- Europa in Jupiter's shadow02:01 disappears → reappears unseen · 2 h 41 min
- Io's shadow crosses Jupiter06:11 enters → 08:26 leaves · 2 h 14 min
- Europa behind Jupiterdisappears unseen → 06:28 reappears · 2 h 38 min
Night of Sun 30 Jan
- Io in Jupiter's shadow03:21 disappears → reappears unseen · 2 h 16 min
- Io behind Jupiterdisappears unseen → 06:30 reappears · 2 h 15 min
Night of Mon 31 Jan
- Europa's shadow crosses Jupiter20:23 enters → 23:05 leaves · 2 h 42 min
- Europa crosses Jupiter22:11 enters → 00:50 leaves · 2 h 39 min
- Io's shadow crosses Jupiter00:40 enters → 02:54 leaves · 2 h 14 min
- Io crosses Jupiter01:32 enters → 03:45 leaves · 2 h 14 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.