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title: ISS Moon Transit
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# Optic Plot of the ISS transiting the Moon {.example-header}

![optic-iss-moon-transit](/images/examples/optic_iss_transit.png)

This plot shows the [International Space Station (ISS)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Space_Station) when it transits the Moon on December 8, 2025 at 8:03am PT as seen from lat/lon `33.0225028`, `-116.507025` (near Lake Cuyamaca in California, USA).

The TLE was obtained from [CelesTrak](https://celestrak.org/) on November 8, 2025.

The transit time and observing location was found via [transit-finder.com](https://transit-finder.com/).

```python
--8<-- "examples/optic_iss_transit.py"
```
