Jupiter and three moons with binoculars!

Last night Jupiter was so bright that even right next to a very bright moon I could see not only Jupiter but three of its moons with binoculars! Two were reasonably clear, but the third was on the other side of Jupiter, and was very faint. I was using these binoculars just handheld from our front porch. As the person who sent out an e-mail about it said, it would have been nice to have a decent telescope, but it was still amazing that it was so close to the moon, and was still so bright.