1 00:00:02,635 --> 00:00:06,606 SOMETIMES IT S HELPFUL TO KNOW WHAT PHASE THE MOON WILL BE IN NEXT WEEK, AND RATHER 2 00:00:06,706 --> 00:00:10,443 THAN GOING TO THE INTERNET, JUST REMEMBER THIS LITTLE TRICK: LIGHT ON THE RIGHT: THE 3 00:00:10,543 --> 00:00:14,514 MOON IS GONNA GET BRIGHT -- LIGHT ON THE LEFT -- ACTUALLY THERE S NOT A GREAT RHYME FOR 4 00:00:14,614 --> 00:00:16,383 THAT ONE. 5 00:00:16,483 --> 00:00:19,953 AS THE MOON ORBITS THE EARTH IT TRANSITIONS THROUGH PHASES CAUSED BY THE CONSTANT LIGHT 6 00:00:20,053 --> 00:00:21,287 OF THE SUN. 7 00:00:21,388 --> 00:00:25,325 FIRST IT WAXES (GETS BRIGHTER) THEN WANES (GETS DARKER). 8 00:00:25,425 --> 00:00:29,562 RIGHT NOW WE RE HEADING TO THE FULL MOON -- THE MOON IS WAXING -- OR GETTING MORE LIT. 9 00:00:29,662 --> 00:00:35,001 IT TAKES THE MOON ABOUT A MONTH TO ORBIT THE EARTH, SO EVERY WEEK IT GOES A QUARTER OF 10 00:00:35,101 --> 00:00:36,336 THE WAY AROUND. 11 00:00:36,436 --> 00:00:39,806 FROM NEW MOON IT WAXES TO FIRST QUARTER -- WATCH THE LIGHT! 12 00:00:39,906 --> 00:00:41,908 -- THEN A WEEK AFTER WE GET A FULL MOON! 13 00:00:42,008 --> 00:00:46,513 THEN IT GETS DARKER, WANING TO THIRD QUARTER, AND FINALLY BACK TO THE NEW MOON. 14 00:00:46,613 --> 00:00:50,750 PAY ATTENTION TO WHERE THE LIGHT SHINES ONTO THE MOON AND YOU LL ALWAYS KNOW WHAT PHASE 15 00:00:50,850 --> 00:00:53,019 WE RE IN, AND WHERE WE RE GOING, WHILE YOU... 16 00:00:53,119 --> 00:00:57,119 KEEP LOOKING UP!