Saturn's moons in October 2026
Mimas · Enceladus · Tethys · Dione · Rhea · Titan · Iapetus
Saturn's moons cross its face and enter its shadow only near a ring-plane crossing, when their orbits are edge-on to us. That's now, after the 2025 equinox. Titan is easy in any telescope; Rhea, Dione and Tethys need a little more aperture. Pick your place to see only what's visible from there.
Where the moons are
Saturn'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 are JPL's, sampled hourly; the rings are drawn at their real tilt.
Events
148 events you can see from New Delhi this month, on 31 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 Thu 1 Oct
- Mimas in Saturn's shadow03:15 disappears → reappears unseen · 2 h 12 min
- Mimas behind Saturndisappears unseen → 05:28 reappears · 2 h 12 min
Night of Fri 2 Oct
- Enceladus in Saturn's shadow23:28 disappears → reappears unseen · 2 h 11 min
- Dione behind Saturn00:28 disappears → 01:55 reappears · 1 h 27 min
- Enceladus behind Saturndisappears unseen → 01:41 reappears · 2 h 13 min
- Mimas in Saturn's shadow01:52 disappears → reappears unseen · 2 h 11 min
- Mimas behind Saturndisappears unseen → 04:05 reappears · 2 h 12 min
Night of Sat 3 Oct
- Mimas in Saturn's shadow00:30 disappears → reappears unseen · 2 h 11 min
- Mimas behind Saturndisappears unseen → 02:42 reappears · 2 h 12 min
- Tethys's shadow crosses Saturn04:46 enters → 07:05 leaves · 2 h 19 min
- Tethys crosses Saturn04:46 enters → 07:08 leaves · 2 h 22 min
Night of Sun 4 Oct
- Mimas behind Saturn23:07 disappears → 01:19 reappears · 2 h 12 min
- Enceladus crosses Saturn00:48 enters → 03:01 leaves · 2 h 14 min
- Enceladus's shadow crosses Saturn00:48 enters → 03:00 leaves · 2 h 12 min
- Tethys behind Saturn03:24 disappears → 05:47 reappears · 2 h 22 min
Night of Mon 5 Oct
- Enceladus behind Saturn17:14 disappears → 19:27 reappears · 2 h 13 min
- Dione behind Saturn18:04 disappears → 19:36 reappears · 1 h 32 min
- Mimas behind Saturn21:44 disappears → 23:56 reappears · 2 h 12 min
- Tethys crosses Saturn02:03 enters → 04:25 leaves · 2 h 23 min
- Tethys's shadow crosses Saturn02:05 enters → 04:23 leaves · 2 h 19 min
Night of Tue 6 Oct
- Mimas behind Saturn20:21 disappears → 22:33 reappears · 2 h 12 min
- Tethys behind Saturn00:41 disappears → 03:04 reappears · 2 h 23 min
- Enceladus behind Saturn02:06 disappears → 04:20 reappears · 2 h 14 min
- Dione crosses Saturn02:48 enters → 04:21 leaves · 1 h 34 min
- Dione's shadow crosses Saturn03:00 enters → 04:13 leaves · 1 h 13 min
Night of Wed 7 Oct
- Enceladus crosses Saturn18:32 enters → 20:47 leaves · 2 h 15 min
- Enceladus's shadow crosses Saturn18:36 enters → 20:46 leaves · 2 h 10 min
- Mimas behind Saturn18:58 disappears → 21:10 reappears · 2 h 12 min
- Tethys crosses Saturn23:20 enters → 01:43 leaves · 2 h 24 min
- Tethys's shadow crosses Saturn23:24 enters → 01:42 leaves · 2 h 18 min
Night of Thu 8 Oct
- Mimas in Saturn's shadowdisappears unseen → 19:47 reappears · 2 h 11 min
- Tethys behind Saturn21:58 disappears → 00:22 reappears · 2 h 24 min
- Enceladus crosses Saturn03:25 enters → 05:40 leaves · 2 h 15 min
- Enceladus's shadow crosses Saturn03:29 enters → 05:40 leaves · 2 h 11 min
- Mimas crosses Saturn04:59 enters → 07:16 leaves · 2 h 16 min
- Mimas's shadow crosses Saturn05:02 enters → 07:16 leaves · 2 h 14 min
Night of Fri 9 Oct
- Enceladus behind Saturn19:51 disappears → 22:05 reappears · 2 h 15 min
- Dione crosses Saturn20:25 enters → 22:02 leaves · 1 h 38 min
- Tethys crosses Saturn20:37 enters → 23:01 leaves · 2 h 24 min
- Dione's shadow crosses Saturn20:42 enters → 21:54 leaves · 1 h 12 min
- Tethys's shadow crosses Saturn20:43 enters → 23:01 leaves · 2 h 18 min
- Mimas crosses Saturn03:36 enters → 05:52 leaves · 2 h 16 min
- Mimas's shadow crosses Saturn03:38 enters → 05:53 leaves · 2 h 15 min
Night of Sat 10 Oct
- Tethys behind Saturn19:15 disappears → 21:40 reappears · 2 h 25 min
- Mimas crosses Saturn02:13 enters → 04:29 leaves · 2 h 17 min
- Mimas's shadow crosses Saturn02:15 enters → 04:30 leaves · 2 h 15 min
- Enceladus behind Saturn04:43 disappears → reappears unseen · 2 h 15 min
Night of Sun 11 Oct
- Tethys crosses Saturn17:54 enters → 20:19 leaves · 2 h 25 min
- Tethys's shadow crosses Saturn18:02 enters → 20:19 leaves · 2 h 17 min
- Enceladus crosses Saturn21:10 enters → 23:25 leaves · 2 h 16 min
- Enceladus's shadow crosses Saturn21:15 enters → 23:26 leaves · 2 h 11 min
- Mimas crosses Saturn00:49 enters → 03:06 leaves · 2 h 17 min
- Mimas's shadow crosses Saturn00:53 enters → 03:07 leaves · 2 h 15 min
Night of Mon 12 Oct
- Tethys in Saturn's shadowdisappears unseen → 18:59 reappears · 2 h 17 min
- Mimas crosses Saturn23:26 enters → 01:43 leaves · 2 h 17 min
- Mimas's shadow crosses Saturn23:30 enters → 01:44 leaves · 2 h 14 min
Night of Tue 13 Oct
- Mimas crosses Saturn22:03 enters → 00:19 leaves · 2 h 17 min
- Mimas's shadow crosses Saturn22:07 enters → 00:21 leaves · 2 h 14 min
- Enceladus behind Saturn22:28 disappears → reappears unseen · 2 h 16 min
- Dione behind Saturn22:55 disappears → 00:40 reappears · 1 h 44 min
- Enceladus in Saturn's shadowdisappears unseen → 00:45 reappears · 2 h 10 min
Night of Wed 14 Oct
- Mimas crosses Saturn20:39 enters → 22:56 leaves · 2 h 17 min
- Mimas's shadow crosses Saturn20:44 enters → 22:58 leaves · 2 h 14 min
Night of Thu 15 Oct
- Mimas crosses Saturn19:16 enters → 21:33 leaves · 2 h 17 min
- Mimas's shadow crosses Saturn19:21 enters → 21:35 leaves · 2 h 14 min
- Enceladus crosses Saturn23:47 enters → 02:04 leaves · 2 h 17 min
- Enceladus's shadow crosses Saturn23:56 enters → 02:06 leaves · 2 h 10 min
Night of Fri 16 Oct
- Dione behind Saturn16:33 disappears → 18:21 reappears · 1 h 48 min
- Mimas crosses Saturn17:53 enters → 20:09 leaves · 2 h 17 min
- Mimas's shadow crosses Saturn17:58 enters → 20:12 leaves · 2 h 14 min
- Enceladus in Saturn's shadowdisappears unseen → 18:32 reappears · 2 h 09 min
Night of Sat 17 Oct
- Mimas crosses Saturn16:29 enters → 18:46 leaves · 2 h 17 min
- Mimas's shadow crosses Saturn16:36 enters → 18:49 leaves · 2 h 13 min
- Enceladus behind Saturn01:06 disappears → reappears unseen · 2 h 17 min
- Dione crosses Saturn01:16 enters → 03:05 leaves · 1 h 49 min
- Dione's shadow crosses Saturn01:54 enters → 02:56 leaves · 1 h 03 min
- Enceladus in Saturn's shadowdisappears unseen → 03:25 reappears · 2 h 09 min
- Mimas behind Saturn03:44 disappears → reappears unseen · 2 h 13 min
Night of Sun 18 Oct
- Enceladus crosses Saturn17:32 enters → 19:49 leaves · 2 h 17 min
- Enceladus's shadow crosses Saturn17:43 enters → 19:52 leaves · 2 h 10 min
- Mimas behind Saturn02:21 disappears → reappears unseen · 2 h 13 min
Night of Mon 19 Oct
- Mimas behind Saturn00:58 disappears → reappears unseen · 2 h 13 min
- Enceladus crosses Saturn02:24 enters → 04:42 leaves · 2 h 18 min
- Enceladus's shadow crosses Saturn02:36 enters → 04:46 leaves · 2 h 10 min
- Mimas in Saturn's shadowdisappears unseen → 03:14 reappears · 2 h 10 min
Night of Tue 20 Oct
- Enceladus behind Saturn18:51 disappears → reappears unseen · 2 h 17 min
- Dione crosses Saturn18:54 enters → 20:46 leaves · 1 h 52 min
- Dione's shadow crosses Saturn19:37 enters → 20:37 leaves · 59 min
- Enceladus in Saturn's shadowdisappears unseen → 21:12 reappears · 2 h 09 min
- Mimas behind Saturn23:35 disappears → reappears unseen · 2 h 13 min
- Mimas in Saturn's shadowdisappears unseen → 01:52 reappears · 2 h 10 min
- Tethys crosses Saturn04:20 enters → 06:48 leaves · 2 h 29 min
Night of Wed 21 Oct
- Mimas behind Saturn22:12 disappears → reappears unseen · 2 h 13 min
- Mimas in Saturn's shadowdisappears unseen → 00:29 reappears · 2 h 09 min
- Tethys behind Saturn02:58 disappears → reappears unseen · 2 h 29 min
- Enceladus behind Saturn03:43 disappears → reappears unseen · 2 h 18 min
- Dione behind Saturn03:48 disappears → 05:42 reappears · 1 h 54 min
Night of Thu 22 Oct
- Enceladus crosses Saturn20:09 enters → 22:28 leaves · 2 h 18 min
- Enceladus's shadow crosses Saturn20:24 enters → 22:32 leaves · 2 h 08 min
- Mimas behind Saturn20:49 disappears → reappears unseen · 2 h 13 min
- Mimas in Saturn's shadowdisappears unseen → 23:06 reappears · 2 h 09 min
- Tethys crosses Saturn01:37 enters → 04:06 leaves · 2 h 29 min
- Tethys's shadow crosses Saturn01:57 enters → 04:12 leaves · 2 h 15 min
Night of Fri 23 Oct
- Mimas behind Saturn19:26 disappears → reappears unseen · 2 h 13 min
- Mimas in Saturn's shadowdisappears unseen → 21:44 reappears · 2 h 09 min
- Tethys behind Saturn00:16 disappears → reappears unseen · 2 h 30 min
- Tethys in Saturn's shadowdisappears unseen → 02:51 reappears · 2 h 14 min
Night of Sat 24 Oct
- Mimas in Saturn's shadowdisappears unseen → 20:21 reappears · 2 h 09 min
- Dione behind Saturn21:26 disappears → 23:23 reappears · 1 h 57 min
- Enceladus behind Saturn21:28 disappears → reappears unseen · 2 h 18 min
- Tethys crosses Saturn22:54 enters → 01:24 leaves · 2 h 30 min
- Tethys's shadow crosses Saturn23:16 enters → 01:31 leaves · 2 h 14 min
- Enceladus in Saturn's shadowdisappears unseen → 23:52 reappears · 2 h 08 min
Night of Sun 25 Oct
- Mimas in Saturn's shadowdisappears unseen → 18:58 reappears · 2 h 09 min
- Tethys behind Saturn21:33 disappears → reappears unseen · 2 h 30 min
- Tethys in Saturn's shadowdisappears unseen → 00:10 reappears · 2 h 13 min
Night of Mon 26 Oct
- Tethys crosses Saturn20:12 enters → 22:42 leaves · 2 h 30 min
- Tethys's shadow crosses Saturn20:35 enters → 22:49 leaves · 2 h 14 min
- Enceladus crosses Saturn22:47 enters → 01:06 leaves · 2 h 19 min
- Enceladus's shadow crosses Saturn23:03 enters → 01:12 leaves · 2 h 09 min
- Mimas crosses Saturn02:36 enters → 04:54 leaves · 2 h 17 min
- Mimas's shadow crosses Saturn02:47 enters → 05:00 leaves · 2 h 13 min
Night of Tue 27 Oct
- Tethys behind Saturn18:50 disappears → reappears unseen · 2 h 31 min
- Tethys in Saturn's shadowdisappears unseen → 21:28 reappears · 2 h 13 min
- Mimas crosses Saturn01:13 enters → 03:31 leaves · 2 h 18 min
- Mimas's shadow crosses Saturn01:24 enters → 03:36 leaves · 2 h 13 min
Night of Wed 28 Oct
- Tethys crosses Saturn17:29 enters → 20:00 leaves · 2 h 31 min
- Tethys's shadow crosses Saturn17:55 enters → 20:08 leaves · 2 h 13 min
- Dione crosses Saturn23:48 enters → 01:49 leaves · 2 h 01 min
- Mimas crosses Saturn23:50 enters → 02:07 leaves · 2 h 18 min
- Mimas's shadow crosses Saturn00:01 enters → 02:14 leaves · 2 h 13 min
- Enceladus behind Saturn00:06 disappears → reappears unseen · 2 h 19 min
- Dione's shadow crosses Saturn00:49 enters → 01:38 leaves · 49 min
- Enceladus in Saturn's shadowdisappears unseen → 02:32 reappears · 2 h 08 min
Night of Thu 29 Oct
- Enceladus crosses Saturn16:32 enters → 18:52 leaves · 2 h 20 min
- Enceladus's shadow crosses Saturn16:51 enters → 18:59 leaves · 2 h 08 min
- Tethys in Saturn's shadowdisappears unseen → 18:47 reappears · 2 h 13 min
- Mimas crosses Saturn22:27 enters → 00:44 leaves · 2 h 18 min
- Mimas's shadow crosses Saturn22:38 enters → 00:51 leaves · 2 h 12 min
Night of Fri 30 Oct
- Mimas crosses Saturn21:03 enters → 23:21 leaves · 2 h 18 min
- Mimas's shadow crosses Saturn21:16 enters → 23:28 leaves · 2 h 11 min
- Enceladus crosses Saturn01:24 enters → 03:45 leaves · 2 h 20 min
- Enceladus's shadow crosses Saturn01:44 enters → 03:52 leaves · 2 h 08 min
Night of Sat 31 Oct
- Dione crosses Saturn17:26 enters → 19:29 leaves · 2 h 03 min
- Dione's shadow crosses Saturn18:34 enters → 19:18 leaves · 44 min
- Mimas crosses Saturn19:40 enters → 21:58 leaves · 2 h 18 min
- Mimas's shadow crosses Saturn19:52 enters → 22:05 leaves · 2 h 12 min
- Enceladus in Saturn's shadowdisappears unseen → 20:19 reappears · 2 h 07 min
Reading the list
Times are when the moon's centre crosses the edge of Saturn or its shadow, as in published tables. The whole disc takes a few minutes. A start or end marked unseen happens behind Saturn or inside its shadow. “Only what I can see” keeps events with Saturn more than 10° up in a dark sky. Positions: JPL DE431 and sat441, with Saturn as a flattened globe. The rings are not modelled, so “behind Saturn” means behind the globe. Mutual-event brightness drops are estimates. Each event happens at the same instant everywhere on Earth.