The Moon occults Jupiter — 20 February 2027
Lunar occultation of the planet Jupiter · Saturday 20 February 2027 · World
The Moon hides Jupiter, but from no large city — the map shows where.
Where it can be seen
The gold line is the north limit: along it Jupiter grazes the Moon's northern edge. North of the line it is a near miss — from Santiago, CL Jupiter passes just 16.3′ outside the limb — and a graze seen from right on the line, Jupiter blinking in and out behind lunar mountains, is the finest view of all. The solid line is traced against the real lunar limb — LRO LOLA terrain, the mountains and valleys that are on the edge for this libration — and sits -0.0 to +3.2 km from the mean-sphere line (dotted).
The violet shading is where the Sun has set by the time of the event, so the reappearance happens in a darkening sky.
Tap the map to set your location; pinch it to zoom in. Take the graze line with you: KML for Google Earth / Maps · GPX for a phone GPS app.
At the Moon's edge
Jupiter's path across the Moon from your location — north up, east to the left as in binoculars. Times here are computed in your browser from the same ephemeris as the table, to the same ±2 s. Drag the slider to move it along its track.
Advanced · graze profile against the real lunar limb
For graze chasers. The lunar limb as it really is for your libration — LRO LOLA terrain, in km above and below the mean sphere — with Jupiter's track drawn across it six minutes either side of each contact. Where the track dips below the terrain, Jupiter is hidden; near a graze it blinks behind peaks.
City by city
Times are against the real lunar limb (LRO LOLA terrain at each city's own libration). Disappears is the moment Jupiter is fully hidden (its disc takes from the earlier time to slide in); reappears is when the first sliver returns. Where to look is the Moon's height above the horizon (0° is the horizon, 90° straight up) and compass direction at that moment, and whether the Sun is still up.
| City | Jupiter disappears (UTC) | reappears (UTC) | hidden | Where to look |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| London, GB | misses — Jupiter passes 105.3′ from the limb at 05:11 | 14° up (low) in the W · dark sky | ||
| Mexico City, MX | misses — Jupiter passes 42.8′ from the limb at 03:55 | 58° up in the E · dark sky | ||
| New York City, US | misses — Jupiter passes 73.0′ from the limb at 04:10 | 63° up (high) in the S · dark sky | ||
| São Paulo, BR | misses — Jupiter passes 37.8′ from the limb at 06:03 | 27° up in the WNW · dark sky | ||
All 72 other cities
| City | Jupiter disappears (UTC) | reappears (UTC) | hidden | Where to look |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algiers, DZ | misses — Jupiter passes 101.1′ from the limb at 05:34 | 5° up (low) in the WNW · dark sky | ||
| Asunción, PY | misses — Jupiter passes 30.1′ from the limb at 05:52 | 36° up in the NW · dark sky | ||
| Bamako, ML | misses — Jupiter passes 84.4′ from the limb at 06:01 | 3° up (low) in the WNW · dark sky | ||
| Barcelona, ES | misses — Jupiter passes 102.8′ from the limb at 05:27 | 8° up (low) in the W · dark sky | ||
| Belo Horizonte, BR | misses — Jupiter passes 42.5′ from the limb at 06:04 | 26° up in the WNW · dark sky | ||
| Belém, BR | misses — Jupiter passes 55.8′ from the limb at 05:37 | 44° up in the WNW · dark sky | ||
| Berlin, DE | misses — Jupiter passes 107.2′ from the limb at 05:13 | 6° up (low) in the WNW · dusk | ||
| Bogotá, CO | misses — Jupiter passes 42.6′ from the limb at 04:44 | 79° up (high) in the NNW · dark sky | ||
| Brasília, BR | misses — Jupiter passes 44.0′ from the limb at 05:55 | 34° up in the WNW · dark sky | ||
| Brooklyn, US | misses — Jupiter passes 72.9′ from the limb at 04:11 | 63° up (high) in the S · dark sky | ||
| Buenos Aires, AR | misses — Jupiter passes 22.1′ from the limb at 05:57 | 29° up in the NW · dark sky | ||
| Calgary, CA | misses — Jupiter passes 72.8′ from the limb at 03:45 | 35° up in the ESE · dark sky | ||
| Cali, CO | misses — Jupiter passes 40.0′ from the limb at 04:42 | 79° up (high) in the N · dark sky | ||
| Camayenne, GN | misses — Jupiter passes 80.6′ from the limb at 06:02 | 8° up (low) in the WNW · dark sky | ||
| Caracas, VE | misses — Jupiter passes 52.4′ from the limb at 04:48 | 77° up (high) in the WNW · dark sky | ||
| Casablanca, MA | misses — Jupiter passes 97.6′ from the limb at 05:34 | 13° up (low) in the W · dark sky | ||
| Chicago, US | misses — Jupiter passes 68.7′ from the limb at 03:58 | 57° up in the SE · dark sky | ||
| Ciudad Juárez, MX | misses — Jupiter passes 53.8′ from the limb at 03:44 | 47° up in the ESE · dark sky | ||
| Conakry, GN | misses — Jupiter passes 80.6′ from the limb at 06:02 | 8° up (low) in the WNW · dark sky | ||
| Curitiba, BR | misses — Jupiter passes 34.7′ from the limb at 06:02 | 28° up in the NW · dark sky | ||
| Córdoba, AR | misses — Jupiter passes 21.5′ from the limb at 05:48 | 36° up in the NW · dark sky | ||
| Dakar, SN | misses — Jupiter passes 83.4′ from the limb at 05:53 | 15° up (low) in the W · dark sky | ||
| Dallas, US | misses — Jupiter passes 57.0′ from the limb at 03:51 | 56° up in the ESE · dark sky | ||
| Ecatepec de Morelos, MX | misses — Jupiter passes 43.0′ from the limb at 03:55 | 58° up in the E · dark sky | ||
| Fortaleza, BR | misses — Jupiter passes 59.7′ from the limb at 05:54 | 30° up in the WNW · dark sky | ||
| Goiânia, BR | misses — Jupiter passes 42.4′ from the limb at 05:55 | 34° up in the WNW · dark sky | ||
| Guadalajara, MX | misses — Jupiter passes 42.9′ from the limb at 03:50 | 52° up in the E · dark sky | ||
| Guayaquil, EC | misses — Jupiter passes 33.2′ from the limb at 04:45 | 73° up (high) in the N · dark sky | ||
| Hamburg, DE | misses — Jupiter passes 107.0′ from the limb at 05:10 | 8° up (low) in the WNW · dark sky | ||
| Havana, CU | misses — Jupiter passes 53.4′ from the limb at 04:11 | 75° up (high) in the ESE · dark sky | ||
| Houston, US | misses — Jupiter passes 54.4′ from the limb at 03:53 | 58° up in the ESE · dark sky | ||
| Iztapalapa, MX | misses — Jupiter passes 42.8′ from the limb at 03:55 | 58° up in the E · dark sky | ||
| La Paz, BO | misses — Jupiter passes 30.4′ from the limb at 05:26 | 53° up in the NNW · dark sky | ||
| León de los Aldama, MX | misses — Jupiter passes 43.8′ from the limb at 03:51 | 54° up in the E · dark sky | ||
| Lima, PE | misses — Jupiter passes 27.6′ from the limb at 05:05 | 62° up (high) in the NNW · dark sky | ||
| Los Angeles, US | misses — Jupiter passes 55.2′ from the limb at 03:38 | 35° up in the E · dark sky | ||
| Madrid, ES | misses — Jupiter passes 101.4′ from the limb at 05:26 | 13° up (low) in the W · dark sky | ||
| Manaus, BR | misses — Jupiter passes 46.7′ from the limb at 05:20 | 58° up in the NW · dark sky | ||
| Manhattan, US | misses — Jupiter passes 73.0′ from the limb at 04:11 | 63° up (high) in the S · dark sky | ||
| Maracaibo, VE | misses — Jupiter passes 49.2′ from the limb at 04:40 | 83° up (high) in the NW · dark sky | ||
| Medellín, CO | misses — Jupiter passes 42.9′ from the limb at 04:40 | 81° up (high) in the N · dark sky | ||
| Milan, IT | misses — Jupiter passes 105.2′ from the limb at 05:22 | 5° up (low) in the WNW · dusk | ||
| Monrovia, LR | misses — Jupiter passes 78.8′ from the limb at 06:07 | 3° up (low) in the WNW · dark sky | ||
| Montréal, CA | misses — Jupiter passes 77.0′ from the limb at 04:10 | 59° up in the S · dark sky | ||
| Munich, DE | misses — Jupiter passes 106.1′ from the limb at 05:19 | 4° up (low) in the WNW · dusk | ||
| Paris, FR | misses — Jupiter passes 105.1′ from the limb at 05:15 | 11° up (low) in the W · dark sky | ||
| Philadelphia, US | misses — Jupiter passes 71.8′ from the limb at 04:10 | 64° up (high) in the SSE · dark sky | ||
| Phoenix, US | misses — Jupiter passes 54.9′ from the limb at 03:41 | 41° up in the E · dark sky | ||
| Porto Alegre, BR | misses — Jupiter passes 29.7′ from the limb at 06:02 | 27° up in the NW · dark sky | ||
| Puebla, MX | misses — Jupiter passes 42.7′ from the limb at 03:56 | 59° up in the E · dark sky | ||
| Queens, US | misses — Jupiter passes 73.0′ from the limb at 04:11 | 63° up (high) in the S · dark sky | ||
| Quito, EC | misses — Jupiter passes 35.7′ from the limb at 04:44 | 75° up (high) in the N · dark sky | ||
| Rabat, MA | misses — Jupiter passes 98.0′ from the limb at 05:33 | 13° up (low) in the W · dark sky | ||
| Recife, BR | misses — Jupiter passes 57.7′ from the limb at 06:03 | 23° up in the WNW · dark sky | ||
| Rio de Janeiro, BR | misses — Jupiter passes 40.1′ from the limb at 06:07 | 24° up in the WNW · dark sky | ||
| Rome, IT | misses — Jupiter passes 104.4′ from the limb at 05:28 | 0° up (low) in the WNW · dusk | ||
| Saint Petersburg, RU | misses — Jupiter passes 109.0′ from the limb at 05:02 | 1° up (low) in the WNW · sunset twilight | ||
| Salvador, BR | misses — Jupiter passes 51.5′ from the limb at 06:04 | 25° up in the WNW · dark sky | ||
| San Antonio, US | misses — Jupiter passes 53.2′ from the limb at 03:51 | 56° up in the ESE · dark sky | ||
| San Diego, US | misses — Jupiter passes 53.8′ from the limb at 03:38 | 36° up in the E · dark sky | ||
| Santa Cruz de la Sierra, BO | misses — Jupiter passes 32.8′ from the limb at 05:36 | 47° up in the NW · dark sky | ||
| Santiago de Querétaro, MX | misses — Jupiter passes 43.6′ from the limb at 03:53 | 56° up in the E · dark sky | ||
| Santiago, CL | misses — Jupiter passes 16.3′ from the limb at 05:41 | 37° up in the NNW · dark sky | ||
| Santo Domingo, DO | misses — Jupiter passes 56.8′ from the limb at 04:32 | 84° up (high) in the SW · dark sky | ||
| Stockholm, SE | misses — Jupiter passes 108.4′ from the limb at 05:03 | 6° up (low) in the WNW · dusk | ||
| The Bronx, US | misses — Jupiter passes 73.1′ from the limb at 04:11 | 63° up (high) in the S · dark sky | ||
| Tijuana, MX | misses — Jupiter passes 53.6′ from the limb at 03:38 | 37° up in the E · dark sky | ||
| Toronto, CA | misses — Jupiter passes 73.3′ from the limb at 04:05 | 59° up in the SSE · dark sky | ||
| Valencia, VE | misses — Jupiter passes 51.4′ from the limb at 04:46 | 79° up (high) in the WNW · dark sky | ||
| Vienna, AT | misses — Jupiter passes 106.6′ from the limb at 05:19 | 1° up (low) in the WNW · dusk | ||
| Warsaw, PL | misses — Jupiter passes 107.8′ from the limb at 05:14 | 1° up (low) in the WNW · sunset twilight | ||
| Zapopan, MX | misses — Jupiter passes 43.0′ from the limb at 03:50 | 52° up in the E · dark sky | ||
How to watch
Method & accuracy
Positions from the JPL DE431 ephemeris (Skyfield), ΔT = 69.1 s. The city table's contact times and the solid limit line use the real lunar limb — the silhouette of LRO LOLA terrain (LDEM_64, ~0.5 km) at each observer's own libration — so they carry the mountains and valleys that a mean sphere misses (up to a few seconds at ordinary contacts, tens of seconds near a graze). The any-location solver in your browser and the shaded region still use the mean sphere of 1737.4 km (±2 s). Jupiter's own disc (44″ across) is included: partial contacts are the from/to times. The numbers behind this page: jupiter-2027-02-20.json. Generated 2026-09-14.