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Saturn's moons in May 2027

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 · May 2027

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

7 events you can see from New Delhi this month, on 6 nights

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behind the planetin its shadowcrossing its faceshadow on the planet

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 11 May

  1. Tethys in Saturn's shadow
    05:04 disappears → 05:34 reappears · 29 min
    Saturn 12° up · dusk

Night of Tue 18 May

  1. Enceladus crosses Saturn
    04:42 enters → 05:30 leaves · 48 min
    Saturn 12° up · dusk

Night of Wed 19 May

  1. Mimas behind Saturn
    disappears unseen → 04:57 reappears · 1 h 35 min
    Saturn 16° up · dusk

Night of Wed 26 May

  1. Mimas's shadow crosses Saturn
    04:44 enters → 06:32 leaves · 1 h 48 min
    Saturn 19° up · dusk

Night of Sat 29 May

  1. Enceladus's shadow crosses Saturn
    03:11 enters → 04:38 leaves · 1 h 27 min
    Saturn 1° up · dark sky
  2. Enceladus crosses Saturn
    04:04 enters → 04:28 leaves · 24 min
    Saturn 12° up · dark sky

Night of Mon 31 May

  1. Enceladus in Saturn's shadow
    04:36 disappears → 06:03 reappears · 1 h 27 min
    Saturn 21° up · dusk

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.