ISS and the Moon

It is always nice to see a big bright full moon in the night sky and fascinating to see the International Space Station (ISS) on it’s orbital journey. The ISS is quite often clearly visible with the naked eye, speeding across the night sky. However, one November night in 2020, the ISS could be seen passing in front of a near full moon. The video is made from a series of still images, all taken in less than 1½ minutes showing the flight path of the ISS on it’s journey.

It was looking unlikely that it would be possible to view, never mind photograph the ISS that night, given that there was so much cloud obstructing the view. However, I took a chance, setting up the camera, just in case. Unbelievably, the cloud cleared, just in time to get an unobstructed view of the ISS as it journeyed across the night sky towards the moon.

Watch as the white dot, that is the ISS journeys across the night sky towards the moon…