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International Space Station crosses the disk of the waning gibbous Moon during daytime, Ocean View, Mount Mee, Queensland, Australia.

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The area around Mount Mee was known to the indigenous inhabitants of the area as Dahmongah, a word meaning "flying squirrel" or glider.

 

On this day, the ISS was the fastest "glider" to have ever crossed over Mount Mee!!

 

International Space Station

19 April 2017 - 6h48m01.40s

Crosses the Waning Gibbous Moon (59%)

Ocean View, Mount Mee, Queensland, Australia

Transit-Duration: 0.52s, path width: 5.91km.

Diameter of ISS: 63.50" (Visible in Daytime)

Distance=448.7km

Angular Velocity=56.3'/s

Ground speed=7.414 km/s

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Uploaded on April 23, 2017
Taken on April 19, 2017