The process of stationary lunar occultations is considered for observers in low Earth orbit. The orbit of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is used as a prototype. The noncoplanarity of the HST and lunar orbits disrupts many of the expected stationary events, and orbital drag complicates the prediction problem. In a typical year, the apparent speed of the lunar limb s e e n b y the HST is slower than a typical groundbased event only about 0.7% of the time. The orbit prediction can be wrong by a

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... much as 20 degrees in 53 days, with most of the error lying in the plane of the orbit.