On 20 Dec 17, the International Space Station transited the waxing crescent moon shortly after sunset, from the point of view of north-western Louisiana. I found this from the very-handy ISS Transit Finder web app:
https://transit-finder.com/
The interface is very easy and the output makes it simple to optimize your selected location within the transit corridor. Here's a re-calculated map for that transit...
Interestingly, it has changed by a couple miles today, versus the calculation I did prior to the actual transit. I don't know if the orbital elements changed since Wednesday or the back-calculation introduces some error...
I used the Orion 80mm (f/5) scope and the QHY5III174M camera again. Here's the video of the transit, at 10% speed, plus a few zoom-ins and a 4% speed playback:
Thanks to the professionals at Camp Minden and in particular, SFC Jowers for the support at the location.
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