ɪɾ ɪz ˈɛstᵻmˌeɪɾᵻd ðˌæɾə kwˈɔːɹɾɚɹ ʌvðə pˈiːpəl ɐlˈaɪv æt ðə tˈaɪm sˈɔː—ˈiːðɚ lˈaɪv ɔːɹ dᵻlˈeɪd—ðə kɹˈɪsməs ˈiːv tɹænsmˈɪʃən dˈʊɹɹɪŋ ðə nˈaɪnθ ˈɔːɹbɪt ʌvðə mˈuːn.
It is estimated that a quarter of the people alive at the time saw—either live or delayed—the Christmas Eve transmission during the ninth orbit of the Moon.