Jupiter's moons in February 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
49 events you can see from New Delhi this month, on 20 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 Tue 1 Feb
- Io behind Jupiterdisappears unseen → 00:56 reappears · 2 h 15 min
Night of Wed 2 Feb
- Io crosses Jupiter19:58 enters → 22:12 leaves · 2 h 14 min
- Callisto's shadow crosses Jupiter06:39 enters → 06:47 leaves · 8 min
Night of Sat 5 Feb
- Ganymede's shadow crosses Jupiter21:25 enters → 00:34 leaves · 3 h 09 min
- Ganymede crosses Jupiter00:39 enters → 03:35 leaves · 2 h 55 min
- Europa in Jupiter's shadow04:34 disappears → reappears unseen · 2 h 41 min
Night of Sun 6 Feb
- Io in Jupiter's shadow05:14 disappears → reappears unseen · 2 h 16 min
Night of Mon 7 Feb
- Europa's shadow crosses Jupiter22:57 enters → 01:41 leaves · 2 h 44 min
- Europa crosses Jupiter00:32 enters → 03:11 leaves · 2 h 39 min
- Io's shadow crosses Jupiter02:34 enters → 04:47 leaves · 2 h 13 min
- Io crosses Jupiter03:17 enters → 05:31 leaves · 2 h 14 min
Night of Tue 8 Feb
- Io in Jupiter's shadow23:43 disappears → reappears unseen · 2 h 16 min
- Io behind Jupiterdisappears unseen → 02:43 reappears · 2 h 15 min
Night of Wed 9 Feb
- Io's shadow crosses Jupiter21:01 enters → 23:15 leaves · 2 h 14 min
- Io crosses Jupiter21:44 enters → 23:57 leaves · 2 h 14 min
- Europa behind Jupiterdisappears unseen → 21:55 reappears · 2 h 37 min
Night of Fri 11 Feb
- Callisto behind Jupiter22:39 disappears → 23:26 reappears · 47 min
Night of Sat 12 Feb
- Ganymede's shadow crosses Jupiter01:19 enters → 04:31 leaves · 3 h 12 min
- Ganymede crosses Jupiter04:04 enters → 06:59 leaves · 2 h 55 min
Night of Mon 14 Feb
- Europa's shadow crosses Jupiter01:34 enters → 04:17 leaves · 2 h 43 min
- Europa crosses Jupiter02:50 enters → 05:29 leaves · 2 h 39 min
- Io's shadow crosses Jupiter04:26 enters → 06:40 leaves · 2 h 15 min
- Io crosses Jupiter05:02 enters → 07:16 leaves · 2 h 14 min
Night of Tue 15 Feb
- Io in Jupiter's shadow01:37 disappears → reappears unseen · 2 h 16 min
- Io behind Jupiterdisappears unseen → 04:28 reappears · 2 h 15 min
Night of Wed 16 Feb
- Io's shadow crosses Jupiter22:55 enters → 01:09 leaves · 2 h 14 min
- Io crosses Jupiter23:28 enters → 01:42 leaves · 2 h 14 min
- Europa behind Jupiterdisappears unseen → 00:11 reappears · 2 h 37 min
Night of Thu 17 Feb
- Io behind Jupiterdisappears unseen → 22:54 reappears · 2 h 15 min
Night of Sat 19 Feb
- Callisto's shadow crosses Jupiter00:39 enters → 00:47 leaves · 9 min
- Callisto's shadow crosses Jupiter00:55 enters → 03:32 leaves · 2 h 37 min
- Ganymede's shadow crosses Jupiter05:17 enters → 08:28 leaves · 3 h 11 min
- Callisto crosses Jupiter06:23 enters → 07:23 leaves · 59 min
Night of Mon 21 Feb
- Europa's shadow crosses Jupiter04:10 enters → 06:53 leaves · 2 h 43 min
- Europa crosses Jupiter05:08 enters → 07:47 leaves · 2 h 39 min
- Io's shadow crosses Jupiter06:19 enters → 08:33 leaves · 2 h 15 min
Night of Tue 22 Feb
- Io in Jupiter's shadow03:31 disappears → reappears unseen · 2 h 16 min
- Io behind Jupiterdisappears unseen → 06:13 reappears · 2 h 15 min
Night of Wed 23 Feb
- Europa in Jupiter's shadow22:57 disappears → reappears unseen · 2 h 40 min
- Ganymede behind Jupiterdisappears unseen → 00:03 reappears · 2 h 57 min
- Io's shadow crosses Jupiter00:48 enters → 03:02 leaves · 2 h 14 min
- Io crosses Jupiter01:13 enters → 03:26 leaves · 2 h 14 min
- Europa behind Jupiterdisappears unseen → 02:26 reappears · 2 h 37 min
Night of Thu 24 Feb
- Io in Jupiter's shadow21:59 disappears → reappears unseen · 2 h 16 min
- Io behind Jupiterdisappears unseen → 00:39 reappears · 2 h 15 min
Night of Fri 25 Feb
- Europa crosses Jupiter18:16 enters → 20:55 leaves · 2 h 39 min
- Io's shadow crosses Jupiter19:15 enters → 21:30 leaves · 2 h 15 min
- Io crosses Jupiter19:39 enters → 21:52 leaves · 2 h 14 min
Night of Tue 29 Feb
- Io in Jupiter's shadow05:25 disappears → reappears unseen · 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.