Occult occultations, computed
Location

Jupiter's moons in March 2028

Io · Europa · Ganymede · Callisto

Jupiter's four big moons put on a show every night: they slip behind the planet and into its shadow, cross its face, and drag their shadows across the cloud tops. Any telescope shows it. Pick your place: the calendar and the nights keep only what your sky shows.

Where the moons are

Jupiter · March 2028

Jupiter's equator horizontal, east to the left as in binoculars. Drag through the month, or tap any event below to jump there; full screen (⤢) steps through a single night a minute at a time. Moons behind the planet fade, a moon in Jupiter's shadow is an empty ring, and a shadow on the disc is placed from the listed times. Positions ±0.1 Jupiter radii — for the picture; the times come from JPL.

Events

64 events you can see from New Delhi this month, on 22 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 Wed 1 Mar

  1. Ganymede in Jupiter's shadow
    23:14 disappears → reappears unseen · 3 h 09 min
    Jupiter 51° up · dark sky
  2. Europa in Jupiter's shadow
    01:31 disappears → reappears unseen · 2 h 40 min
    Jupiter 65° up · dark sky
  3. Io's shadow crosses Jupiter
    02:40 enters → 04:55 leaves · 2 h 15 min
    Jupiter 59° up · dark sky
  4. Io crosses Jupiter
    02:56 enters → 05:10 leaves · 2 h 14 min
    Jupiter 56° up · dark sky
  5. Ganymede behind Jupiter
    disappears unseen → 03:21 reappears · 2 h 58 min
    Jupiter 52° up · dark sky
  6. Europa behind Jupiter
    disappears unseen → 04:40 reappears · 2 h 37 min
    Jupiter 36° up · dark sky

Night of Thu 2 Mar

  1. Io in Jupiter's shadow
    23:53 disappears → reappears unseen · 2 h 15 min
    Jupiter 59° up · dark sky
  2. Io behind Jupiter
    disappears unseen → 02:23 reappears · 2 h 15 min
    Jupiter 60° up · dark sky

Night of Fri 3 Mar

  1. Europa's shadow crosses Jupiter
    20:04 enters → 22:47 leaves · 2 h 43 min
    Jupiter 14° up · dark sky
  2. Europa crosses Jupiter
    20:32 enters → 23:11 leaves · 2 h 39 min
    Jupiter 20° up · dark sky
  3. Io's shadow crosses Jupiter
    21:09 enters → 23:24 leaves · 2 h 15 min
    Jupiter 28° up · dark sky
  4. Io crosses Jupiter
    21:22 enters → 23:36 leaves · 2 h 14 min
    Jupiter 31° up · dark sky

Night of Sat 4 Mar

  1. Io behind Jupiter
    disappears unseen → 20:49 reappears · 2 h 15 min
    Jupiter 24° up · dark sky

Night of Tue 7 Mar

  1. Callisto's shadow crosses Jupiter
    18:50 enters → 21:21 leaves · 2 h 31 min
    Jupiter 1° up · dusk
  2. Callisto crosses Jupiter
    20:34 enters → 21:51 leaves · 1 h 17 min
    Jupiter 24° up · dark sky

Night of Wed 8 Mar

  1. Ganymede in Jupiter's shadow
    03:13 disappears → reappears unseen · 3 h 08 min
    Jupiter 48° up · dark sky
  2. Europa in Jupiter's shadow
    04:04 disappears → reappears unseen · 2 h 40 min
    Jupiter 37° up · dark sky
  3. Io's shadow crosses Jupiter
    04:34 enters → 06:49 leaves · 2 h 15 min
    Jupiter 31° up · dark sky
  4. Io crosses Jupiter
    04:40 enters → 06:53 leaves · 2 h 14 min
    Jupiter 30° up · dark sky

Night of Thu 9 Mar

  1. Io in Jupiter's shadow
    01:48 disappears → reappears unseen · 2 h 15 min
    Jupiter 61° up · dark sky
  2. Io behind Jupiter
    disappears unseen → 04:07 reappears · 2 h 15 min
    Jupiter 36° up · dark sky

Night of Fri 10 Mar

  1. Europa's shadow crosses Jupiter
    22:41 enters → 01:24 leaves · 2 h 43 min
    Jupiter 53° up · dark sky
  2. Europa crosses Jupiter
    22:47 enters → 01:27 leaves · 2 h 39 min
    Jupiter 54° up · dark sky
  3. Io's shadow crosses Jupiter
    23:02 enters → 01:17 leaves · 2 h 15 min
    Jupiter 57° up · dark sky
  4. Io crosses Jupiter
    23:05 enters → 01:19 leaves · 2 h 14 min
    Jupiter 57° up · dark sky

Night of Sat 11 Mar

  1. Io in Jupiter's shadow
    20:16 disappears → reappears unseen · 2 h 15 min
    Jupiter 24° up · dark sky
  2. Io behind Jupiter
    disappears unseen → 22:33 reappears · 2 h 15 min
    Jupiter 52° up · dark sky

Night of Sun 12 Mar

  1. Ganymede's shadow crosses Jupiter
    17:08 enters → 20:18 leaves · 3 h 11 min
    Jupiter below the horizon
  2. Ganymede crosses Jupiter
    17:15 enters → 20:13 leaves · 2 h 58 min
    Jupiter below the horizon
  3. Europa in Jupiter's shadow
    17:21 disappears → 20:01 reappears · 2 h 40 min
    Jupiter below the horizon
  4. Io's shadow crosses Jupiter
    17:31 enters → 19:46 leaves · 2 h 15 min
    Jupiter below the horizon
  5. Io crosses Jupiter
    17:31 enters → 19:45 leaves · 2 h 14 min
    Jupiter below the horizon

Night of Wed 15 Mar

  1. Callisto behind Jupiter
    02:58 disappears → 04:23 reappears · 1 h 25 min
    Jupiter 45° up · dark sky
  2. Callisto in Jupiter's shadow
    disappears unseen → 05:31 reappears · 2 h 09 min
    Jupiter 12° up · dark sky

Night of Thu 16 Mar

  1. Io behind Jupiter
    03:36 disappears → reappears unseen · 2 h 15 min
    Jupiter 36° up · dark sky

Night of Fri 17 Mar

  1. Io crosses Jupiter
    00:49 enters → 03:03 leaves · 2 h 14 min
    Jupiter 64° up · dark sky
  2. Io's shadow crosses Jupiter
    00:56 enters → 03:11 leaves · 2 h 15 min
    Jupiter 64° up · dark sky
  3. Europa crosses Jupiter
    01:03 enters → 03:42 leaves · 2 h 40 min
    Jupiter 63° up · dark sky
  4. Europa's shadow crosses Jupiter
    01:16 enters → 04:00 leaves · 2 h 44 min
    Jupiter 61° up · dark sky

Night of Sat 18 Mar

  1. Io behind Jupiter
    22:02 disappears → reappears unseen · 2 h 15 min
    Jupiter 52° up · dark sky
  2. Io in Jupiter's shadow
    disappears unseen → 00:26 reappears · 2 h 15 min
    Jupiter 66° up · dark sky

Night of Sun 19 Mar

  1. Io crosses Jupiter
    19:15 enters → 21:29 leaves · 2 h 14 min
    Jupiter 19° up · dusk
  2. Io's shadow crosses Jupiter
    19:24 enters → 21:39 leaves · 2 h 15 min
    Jupiter 21° up · dark sky
  3. Europa behind Jupiter
    19:35 disappears → reappears unseen · 2 h 38 min
    Jupiter 23° up · dark sky
  4. Ganymede crosses Jupiter
    20:31 enters → 23:30 leaves · 3 h 00 min
    Jupiter 35° up · dark sky
  5. Ganymede's shadow crosses Jupiter
    21:08 enters → 00:16 leaves · 3 h 08 min
    Jupiter 43° up · dark sky
  6. Europa in Jupiter's shadow
    disappears unseen → 22:34 reappears · 2 h 40 min
    Jupiter 59° up · dark sky

Night of Mon 20 Mar

  1. Io in Jupiter's shadow
    disappears unseen → 18:55 reappears · 2 h 15 min
    Jupiter 15° up · dusk

Night of Fri 24 Mar

  1. Io crosses Jupiter
    02:33 enters → 04:47 leaves · 2 h 14 min
    Jupiter 42° up · dark sky
  2. Io's shadow crosses Jupiter
    02:51 enters → 05:05 leaves · 2 h 14 min
    Jupiter 39° up · dark sky
  3. Europa crosses Jupiter
    03:18 enters → 05:59 leaves · 2 h 40 min
    Jupiter 33° up · dark sky
  4. Europa's shadow crosses Jupiter
    03:53 enters → 06:36 leaves · 2 h 43 min
    Jupiter 25° up · dark sky

Night of Sat 25 Mar

  1. Io behind Jupiter
    23:46 disappears → reappears unseen · 2 h 15 min
    Jupiter 66° up · dark sky
  2. Io in Jupiter's shadow
    disappears unseen → 02:21 reappears · 2 h 15 min
    Jupiter 44° up · dark sky

Night of Sun 26 Mar

  1. Io crosses Jupiter
    20:59 enters → 23:13 leaves · 2 h 14 min
    Jupiter 47° up · dark sky
  2. Io's shadow crosses Jupiter
    21:18 enters → 23:33 leaves · 2 h 15 min
    Jupiter 51° up · dark sky
  3. Europa behind Jupiter
    21:49 disappears → reappears unseen · 2 h 38 min
    Jupiter 57° up · dark sky
  4. Ganymede crosses Jupiter
    23:47 enters → 02:48 leaves · 3 h 01 min
    Jupiter 66° up · dark sky
  5. Ganymede's shadow crosses Jupiter
    01:07 enters → 04:14 leaves · 3 h 08 min
    Jupiter 57° up · dark sky
  6. Europa in Jupiter's shadow
    disappears unseen → 01:08 reappears · 2 h 39 min
    Jupiter 57° up · dark sky

Night of Mon 27 Mar

  1. Io in Jupiter's shadow
    disappears unseen → 20:49 reappears · 2 h 15 min
    Jupiter 46° up · dark sky

Night of Tue 28 Mar

  1. Europa crosses Jupiter
    16:26 enters → 19:06 leaves · 2 h 41 min
    Jupiter below the horizon
  2. Europa's shadow crosses Jupiter
    17:11 enters → 19:54 leaves · 2 h 43 min
    Jupiter 0° up · daylight

Night of Fri 31 Mar

  1. Io crosses Jupiter
    04:17 enters → 06:31 leaves · 2 h 14 min
    Jupiter 13° up · dark sky

Reading the list

Times are for the moment the moon's centre crosses the edge of Jupiter or of its shadow, the convention of published tables; the moon's own disc takes a few minutes to cross. 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 are from JPL DE431 and the jup365 satellite ephemeris, Jupiter as an oblate spheroid with its shadow cone. Mutual-event brightness drops assume uniform discs and are estimates. Events are geocentric — the same instant everywhere on Earth to well under a second.