Jupiter's moons in May 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
42 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 Mon 1 May
- Ganymede crosses Jupiter16:52 enters → 20:01 leaves · 3 h 09 min
- Ganymede's shadow crosses Jupiter20:59 enters → 23:58 leaves · 2 h 59 min
- Ganymede's shadow crosses Jupiter00:04 enters → 00:08 leaves · 5 min
Night of Tue 2 May
- Io crosses Jupiter00:17 enters → 02:32 leaves · 2 h 15 min
- Io's shadow crosses Jupiter01:18 enters → 03:32 leaves · 2 h 13 min
Night of Wed 3 May
- Io behind Jupiter21:34 disappears → reappears unseen · 2 h 16 min
- Io in Jupiter's shadowdisappears unseen → 00:52 reappears · 2 h 15 min
Night of Thu 4 May
- Io crosses Jupiter18:44 enters → 20:59 leaves · 2 h 15 min
- Io's shadow crosses Jupiter19:47 enters → 21:59 leaves · 2 h 12 min
- Europa behind Jupiter22:30 disappears → reappears unseen · 2 h 41 min
- Callisto behind Jupiter23:06 disappears → 01:26 reappears · 2 h 21 min
Night of Sat 6 May
- Europa crosses Jupiter17:23 enters → 20:06 leaves · 2 h 43 min
- Europa's shadow crosses Jupiter19:35 enters → 22:15 leaves · 2 h 40 min
Night of Mon 8 May
- Ganymede crosses Jupiter20:30 enters → 23:40 leaves · 3 h 10 min
- Ganymede's shadow crosses Jupiter01:00 enters → 03:57 leaves · 2 h 58 min
Night of Wed 10 May
- Io behind Jupiter23:24 disappears → reappears unseen · 2 h 16 min
Night of Thu 11 May
- Io crosses Jupiter20:34 enters → 22:49 leaves · 2 h 15 min
- Io's shadow crosses Jupiter21:43 enters → 23:53 leaves · 2 h 11 min
- Europa behind Jupiter00:55 disappears → reappears unseen · 2 h 42 min
Night of Fri 12 May
- Io in Jupiter's shadowdisappears unseen → 21:16 reappears · 2 h 15 min
Night of Sat 13 May
- Callisto's shadow crosses Jupiter19:09 enters → 20:28 leaves · 1 h 19 min
- Europa crosses Jupiter19:51 enters → 22:34 leaves · 2 h 43 min
- Callisto's shadow crosses Jupiter20:40 enters → 20:54 leaves · 14 min
- Europa's shadow crosses Jupiter22:13 enters → 00:51 leaves · 2 h 39 min
Night of Mon 15 May
- Ganymede crosses Jupiter00:12 enters → 03:23 leaves · 3 h 11 min
Night of Wed 17 May
- Io behind Jupiter01:15 disappears → reappears unseen · 2 h 16 min
Night of Thu 18 May
- Io crosses Jupiter22:25 enters → 00:40 leaves · 2 h 15 min
- Io's shadow crosses Jupiter23:36 enters → 01:49 leaves · 2 h 13 min
Night of Fri 19 May
- Ganymede in Jupiter's shadow19:06 disappears → 22:05 reappears · 2 h 58 min
- Io behind Jupiter19:43 disappears → reappears unseen · 2 h 16 min
- Io in Jupiter's shadowdisappears unseen → 23:11 reappears · 2 h 14 min
Night of Sat 20 May
- Io's shadow crosses Jupiter18:05 enters → 20:16 leaves · 2 h 11 min
- Europa crosses Jupiter22:21 enters → 01:04 leaves · 2 h 43 min
- Europa's shadow crosses Jupiter00:49 enters → 03:26 leaves · 2 h 37 min
Night of Mon 22 May
- Europa in Jupiter's shadowdisappears unseen → 21:42 reappears · 2 h 38 min
Night of Thu 25 May
- Io crosses Jupiter00:17 enters → 02:32 leaves · 2 h 15 min
Night of Fri 26 May
- Ganymede behind Jupiter17:56 disappears → 21:09 reappears · 3 h 14 min
- Io behind Jupiter21:36 disappears → reappears unseen · 2 h 16 min
- Ganymede in Jupiter's shadow23:06 disappears → 02:03 reappears · 2 h 57 min
Night of Sat 27 May
- Io crosses Jupiter18:45 enters → 21:01 leaves · 2 h 15 min
- Io's shadow crosses Jupiter20:01 enters → 22:11 leaves · 2 h 10 min
Night of Mon 29 May
- Europa in Jupiter's shadowdisappears unseen → 00:17 reappears · 2 h 38 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.