A Boeing 747-481(BCF) freighter (N429MC), Atlas Air 8106, from Anchorage (ANC) to Miami (MIA), crossed a waning crescent Moon @ 38,050 ft & 484 kts. Built in 1990 for All Nippon Airways as a passenger jet, converted to a freighter for Atlas Air in 2008. September 6. ߓ纠me, flight data: @flightradar24
The Queen and the Moon
A Cathay Cargo Boeing 747-8F (B-LJM), flight 72, Anchorage to Miami, crosses today's Third Quarter Moon over Florida's Space Coast @ 36,275 ft & 479 kts, this (Fri) morning.
This Queen of the Skies almost flew for someone else. Boeing originally built this airframe for Air China Cargo, but that order fell through before delivery, and it went to Cathay instead, arriving December 23, 2013, as the 13th 747-8F in their fleet; nearly 13 years old now.
Details: ISO1000, f/9 and 1/1600-sec with a Canon USA R5mii and RF200-800mm, handheld.
Biggest shout-out to John Kraus Photos for the collab; I may or may not have been tracking a different much less impressive plane when he alerted me to this incoming Queen.
ߓ纠me, flight data: Flightradar24.com
Lunar Transit
Frontier Airlines flight 2250 (N324FR), an Airbus A320neo, Orlando to San Juan, passed near a crescent Moon over Melbourne, on Florida's Space Coast, this morning, September 7, 2026, @ 20,925 ft & 396 kts.
The tail is "Summer the Swan," part of Frontier's ongoing series spotlighting animals native to the continental U.S. ߓ纠me, flight data: @flightradar24
Lunar Transit
A Boeing 737-800 (N964AN), American 604, from Richmond to Miami, crosses a waning crescent Moon over Melbourne, on Florida's Space Coast, this morning, September 5, 2026. 📷
Queen of the Skies and the Moon
A Boeing 747-481(BCF) freighter (N429MC), Atlas Air 8106, from Anchorage (ANC) to Miami (MIA), crossed a waning crescent Moon @ 38,050 ft & 484 kts. Built in 1990 for All Nippon Airways as a passenger jet, converted to a freighter for Atlas Air in 2008. September 6. ð·: me, flight data: @flightradar24
Solar Transit
A Cirrus SR22T (N995WS), from Myrtle Beach (MYR) to Fort Lauderdale Executive (FXE), crossed the Sun @ 8,350 ft & 171 kts, a couple of small sunspots visible on the disk. August 29. ð·: me, flight data: @flightradar24
Lunar Transit
An Orličan M-8 Eagle (N9898M), a private light sport aircraft out of Lantana (LNA), crossed the Moon @ 4,625 ft & 102 kts. My first captured lunar transit. August 28. ߓ纠me, flight data: @flightradar24
Lunar Transit
A Boeing 737 MAX 8 (N8950L), Southwest 2171, from Orlando (MCO) to San Juan (SJU), crossed August's full Sturgeon Moon @ 19,380 ft & 391 kts, about 30 minutes before that night's deep partial lunar eclipse began. August 27. ߓ纠me, flight data: @flightradar24
Lunar Transit
A Boeing 737-800 freighter (N330FL), 7Air Cargo 902, from Columbus-Rickenbacker (LCK) to Miami (MIA), crossed a waxing gibbous Moon (88% illuminated) @ 42,275 ft & 479 kts, a double contrail streaking across the disk behind it. August 24. ð·: me, flight data: @flightradar24
Solar Transit
A Boeing 737-800 (N981AN), American 2947, from Nashville (BNA) to Miami (MIA), crossed the Sun @ 29,675 ft & 471 kts, a couple of small sunspots on the disk. August 23. ߓ纠me, flight data: @flightradar24
Solar Transit
A Boeing 737-800 (N8317M), Southwest 4591, from St. Louis (STL) to Miami (MIA), crossed the Sun @ 31,825 ft & 449 kts, a small cluster of sunspots on the disk. August 23. ߓ纠me, flight data: @flightradar24
Lunar Transit
A Boeing 737 MAX 8 (C-GEKH), Air Canada Rouge 1646, from Toronto (YYZ) to Miami (MIA), crossed a waxing gibbous Moon (88% illuminated) @ 38,175 ft & 479 kts. August 24. ð·: me, flight data: @flightradar24
Solar Transit
A Boeing 767-300 freighter (C-FPCA), Air Canada Cargo 7260, from Toronto (YYZ) to Miami (MIA), crossed the Sun @ 38,100 ft & 484 kts, the fourth different Boeing type to cross the Sun this morning, alongside a 737, 747, and 757. August 21. ð·: me, flight data: @flightradar24
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Solar Transit
A Boeing 757-200 (N551NW), Delta 1883, from Atlanta (ATL) to St. Thomas (STT), crossed the Sun @ 38,175 ft & 483 kts. August 21. 📷: me, flight data: @flightradar24
Solar Transit
An Airbus A321neo (N460AN), American 2184, from Philadelphia (PHL) to Miami (MIA), crossed the Sun @ 36,125 ft & 461 kts. August 21. 📷: me, flight data: @flightradar24
Solar Transit
A Boeing 747-8 freighter (B-LJH), Cathay Cargo 72, from Anchorage (ANC) to Miami (MIA), crossed the Sun @ 38,175 ft & 511 kts. August 21. ߓ纠me, flight data: @flightradar24
Solar Transit
A Boeing 737 MAX 9 (N77584), United 1073, from Washington-Dulles (IAD) to Miami (MIA), crossed the Sun @ 36,075 ft & 484 kts. August 21. 📷: me, flight data: @flightradar24
Lunar Transit
A Boeing 737-800 (N978NN), American 2649, from Miami (MIA) to Detroit (DTW), crossed the Moon @ 39,273 ft & 458 kts, captured less than two hours before that night's First Quarter moment. August 19. 📷: me, flight data: @flightradar24
Lunar Transit
A Cessna 172N Skyhawk (N6320F), a private aircraft on a local flight out of Daytona Beach (DAB), crossed a waxing crescent Moon (about 27% illuminated) @ 7,425 ft & 117 kts. August 17. 📷: me, flight data: @flightradar24
