1 00:00:02,936 --> 00:00:05,271 DEAN: TWO WEEKS AGO, JAMES AND I TALKED ABOUT THE WAXING 2 00:00:05,372 --> 00:00:06,740 PHASES OF THE MOON. 3 00:00:06,840 --> 00:00:09,776 JAMES: WELL THIS WEEK, WE'RE GOING TO OBSERVE THE WANING PHASES. 4 00:00:09,876 --> 00:00:14,080 LET'S SHOW YOU!DEAN: OK, WE HAVE OUR SKIES SET UP FOR AN HOUR BEFORE 5 00:00:14,180 --> 00:00:16,349 SUNRISE ANY MORNING NEXT WEEK. 6 00:00:16,449 --> 00:00:19,819 AS THE DAYS PASS, YOU'LL SEE THE MOON GRADUALLY MOVING WESTWARD THROUGH 7 00:00:19,919 --> 00:00:21,187 THE SKY. 8 00:00:21,287 --> 00:00:23,790 THE MOON WILL BE IN THE WANING GIBBOUS PHASE DURING THE EARLY 9 00:00:23,890 --> 00:00:27,594 T OF NEXT WEEK AND REACH THE LAST QUARTER PHASE ON DECEMBER 29TH. 10 00:00:27,694 --> 00:00:31,931 JAMES: ON JANUARY 1ST, THE WANING CRESCENT MOON WILL BE NEAR THE PLANET 11 00:00:32,032 --> 00:00:36,469 VENUS, AND ON JANUARY 3RD, IT'LL BE NEAR THE GAS GIANT PLANET JUPITER. 12 00:00:36,569 --> 00:00:40,173 THIS WILL A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK FOR THE NEW MOON IN THE OLD MOONS ARMS 13 00:00:40,273 --> 00:00:44,544 (ALSO KNOWN AS EARTHSHINE); WHERE THE SUNLIGHT REFLECTING OFF EARTH FAINTLY 14 00:00:44,644 --> 00:00:46,646 ILLUMINATES THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON. 15 00:00:46,746 --> 00:00:50,746 BOTH: KEEP LOOKING UP