International Space Station Lunar Crossing over Grantham Australia - Video

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Passing in front of the first waxing gibbous Moon for 2017, the ISS silently crosses over Grantham late in the evening on a clear night.

 

International Space Station

9 January 2017 – 22h37m41.85s

Crosses the disk of the waxing gibbous Moon (86%)

Grantham, Lockyer Valley, Queensland, Australia

Transit-Duration: 0.84s, (in shadow of Earth)

Path width: 13.3km. Diameter of ISS: 44.66"

size=109.0m x 73.0m x 27.5m.

Satellite at Azimuth=328.8° NNW Altitude=36.2°

Distance=663.0 km.

Angular Velocity=37.0'/s

Ground Speed=7.504 km/s

Done