WEBVTT 00:20.787 --> 00:21.688 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5% PHASE-TASTIC! 00:21.788 --> 00:22.689 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% (Part 2) 00:22.789 --> 00:24.924 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5% JAMES: WELCOME TO STARGAZERS! 00:25.025 --> 00:28.828 align:left position:82.5%,start line:83% size:7.5% I'M JAMES ALBURY, DIRECTOR OF THE KIKA SILVA PLA PLANETARIUM IN GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA. 00:28.928 --> 00:32.665 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% DEAN: AND I'M DEAN REGAS, ASTRONOMER FROM THE CINCINNATI OBSERVATORY. 00:32.766 --> 00:35.902 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THAT TWO WEEKS AGO, JAMES ASKED ME A QUESTION ABOUT 00:36.002 --> 00:38.772 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% WHAT PHASE THE MOON WOULD BE IN IF IT ROSE AT NOON. 00:38.872 --> 00:40.440 align:left position:82.5%,start line:89% size:7.5% JAMES: YUP! AND YOU GOT IT RIGHT TOO. 00:40.540 --> 00:41.441 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% DEAN: YES I DID! 00:41.541 --> 00:43.476 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5% SO, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. 00:43.576 --> 00:44.811 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5% ARE YOU READY? 00:44.911 --> 00:47.580 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% JAMES: SURE!DEAN: OK, IF THE MOON SETS AT NOON, WHAT PHASE 00:47.680 --> 00:48.581 align:left position:37.5%,start line:89% size:52.5% IS IT IN? 00:48.681 --> 00:49.716 align:left position:37.5%,start line:89% size:52.5% JAMES: AH! 00:49.816 --> 00:51.184 align:left position:87.5%,start line:83% size:2.5% IT WOULD BE AT LAST QUARTER.DEAN: EXCELLENT! 00:51.284 --> 00:53.520 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5% JAMES : THANK YOU, THANK YOU! 00:53.620 --> 00:54.521 align:left position:45%,start line:89% size:45% OOO! 00:54.621 --> 00:55.588 align:left position:35%,start line:83% size:55% THAT REMINDS ME OF A MOON JOKE. 00:55.688 --> 00:57.624 align:left position:87.5%,start line:83% size:2.5% DEAN: UH MAYBE SAVE IT FOR LATER, JAMES. 00:57.724 --> 00:59.459 align:left position:35%,start line:89% size:55% JAMES: YAY! 00:59.559 --> 01:02.762 align:left position:87.5%,start line:83% size:2.5% SO, WE'LL SHOW YOU HOW I ANSWERED THAT QUESTION AND WE HAVE A REALLY COOL CONJUNCTION 01:02.862 --> 01:06.299 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% OF JUPITER AND MERCURY AT THE END OF THIS WEEK AND THE MOON JOINS 01:06.399 --> 01:08.268 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5% THE TY RIGHT AFTER NEW YEARS! 01:08.368 --> 01:09.936 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% LET'S SHOW YOU! 01:10.036 --> 01:14.007 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% JAMES: WHEN WE TALKED TWO WEEKS AGO ABOUT THE PHASES OF THE MOON, WE MENTIONED 01:14.107 --> 01:18.044 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% THAT IT TAKES ABOUT A WEEK FOR THE MOON TO GO FROM ONE MAJOR PHASE TO 01:18.144 --> 01:19.379 align:left position:37.5%,start line:89% size:52.5% THE NEXT. 01:19.479 --> 01:21.114 align:left position:35%,start line:83% size:55% FOR EXAMPLE, IF THE MOON IS IN THE NEW PHASE ON DECEMBER 01:21.214 --> 01:24.084 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% 7TH, IT WILL BE AT FIRST QUARTER ON DECEMBER 15TH. 01:24.184 --> 01:28.121 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% DEAN: WHEN THE MOON IS AT FIRST QUARTER, IT'S TRAVELED A QUARTER OF THE WAY AROUND THE EARTH 01:28.221 --> 01:31.758 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% AND THEREFORE, IT'S 90 DEGREES EAST OF THE SUN IN THE SKY. 01:31.858 --> 01:36.863 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% SO, THE MOON RISES JUST AS THE SUN REACHES IT'S HIGHEST POINT IN THE SKY AT NOON. 01:36.963 --> 01:40.500 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% JAMES: THEN, A WEEK AFTER THAT, ON DECEMBER 22ND, THE MOON IS 01:40.600 --> 01:43.837 align:left position:80%,start line:83% size:10% IN ITS FULL PHASE, AND IT'S 180 DEGREES AWAY FROM THE SUN. 01:43.937 --> 01:47.307 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% THIS MEANS THAT THE MOON WILL RISE AS THE SUN SETS, 01:47.407 --> 01:49.809 align:left position:87.5%,start line:89% size:2.5% AND IT WILL SET AS THE SUN RISES. 01:49.909 --> 01:53.146 align:left position:32.5%,start line:83% size:57.5% JAMES: IN THE DAYS FOLLOWING THE FULL MOON, WE BEGIN TO 01:53.246 --> 01:57.150 align:left position:82.5%,start line:83% size:7.5% SEE LESS AND LESS OF THE DAYTIME SIDE OF THE MOON AND MORE AND MORE OF THE NIGHTTIME 01:57.250 --> 01:58.151 align:left position:42.5%,start line:89% size:47.5% SIDE. 01:58.251 --> 02:00.286 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% THESE ARE CALLED THE WANING PHASES. 02:00.386 --> 02:02.655 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% WANING MEANS TO GET SMALLER, AND THE MOON IS APPEARING 02:02.755 --> 02:06.025 align:left position:70%,start line:83% size:20% HUMPED AGAIN, SO WE CALL THIS THE WANING GIBBOUS MOON. 02:06.126 --> 02:08.628 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: ON DECEMBER 29TH IT WILL HAVE BEEN A WEEK 02:08.728 --> 02:12.732 align:left position:85%,start line:83% size:5% SINCE THE FULL MOON AND THE MOON HAS TRAVELED THREE QUARTERS OF THE WAY AROUND 02:12.832 --> 02:16.236 align:left position:82.5%,start line:83% size:7.5% THE EARTH, SO WE CALL THIS PHASE LAST QUARTER. 02:16.336 --> 02:19.572 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% WE AGAIN SEEHALF OF THE DAYLIT SIDE AND HALF OF THE NIGHTTIME 02:19.672 --> 02:23.610 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% SIDE, BUT REVERSED FROM WHAT WE SAW AT FIRST QUARTER. 02:23.710 --> 02:26.846 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% THE MOON IS ALSO VISIBLE IN THE EARLY MORNING INSTEAD OF THE 02:26.946 --> 02:28.047 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5% EARLY EVENING. 02:28.148 --> 02:30.650 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: IN THIS CONFIGURATION, THE MOON IS NOW 90 02:30.750 --> 02:32.485 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% DEGREES WEST OF THE SUN. 02:32.585 --> 02:35.421 align:left position:35%,start line:83% size:55% SO WHEN THE SUN IS AT ITS HIGHEST POINT IN THE SKY AT 02:35.522 --> 02:38.057 align:left position:87.5%,start line:83% size:2.5% NOON, THE MOON WILL BE SETTING ON THE WESTERN HORIZON. 02:38.158 --> 02:41.161 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% DEAN: LASTLY, WE HAVE THE WANING CRESCENT PHASE. 02:41.261 --> 02:44.430 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% THIS OCCURS DURING THE LAST WEEK OF THE MOON'S ORBIT AROUND THE 02:44.531 --> 02:48.868 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% EARTH AND WE SEE THE DAYLIT SIDE SHRINK MORE AND MORE AS THE DAYS PASS. 02:48.968 --> 02:52.772 align:left position:67.5%,start line:83% size:22.5% JAMES: ON JANUARY 5TH, 29 DAYS AFTER THE BEGINNING OF THE MOON'S JOURNEY, 02:52.872 --> 02:56.910 align:left position:70%,start line:83% size:20% THE MOON IS BACK WHERE IT STARTED, IN A POSITION PUTTING IT BETWEEN THE EARTH 02:57.010 --> 02:58.011 align:left position:35%,start line:89% size:55% AND THE SUN. 02:58.111 --> 02:59.579 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75% THE MOON IS NEW ONCE AGAIN. 02:59.679 --> 03:02.148 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% HEY DEAN, CAN I TELL MY JOKE NOW? 03:02.248 --> 03:05.351 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% DEAN: GO AHEAD, JAMES.JAMES: OK, HOW DO YOU KNOW 03:05.451 --> 03:08.087 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% WHEN THE MOON HAS GONE COMPLETELY BROKE?DEAN: HMMM I DONT 03:08.188 --> 03:09.155 align:left position:45%,start line:83% size:45% KNOW JAMES, HOW? 03:09.255 --> 03:11.424 align:left position:85%,start line:89% size:5% JAMES: ITS DOWN TO ITS LAST QUARTER! 03:11.524 --> 03:12.425 align:left position:45%,start line:89% size:45% HA! 03:12.525 --> 03:20.099 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% DEAN: TOTALLY WORTH THE WAIT! 03:20.200 --> 03:24.404 align:left position:35%,start line:83% size:55% DEAN: OK, WE HAVE OUR SKIES SET UP FOR DECEMBER 21, AN 03:24.504 --> 03:27.607 align:left position:82.5%,start line:89% size:7.5% HOUR BEFORE SUNRISE, FACING SOUTHEAST. 03:27.707 --> 03:32.812 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% LOW ON THE HORIZON YOU'LL SEE THREE STARS MARKING THE FACE OF SCORPIUS THE SCORPION 03:32.912 --> 03:36.749 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% AND JUST BELOW THEM YOULL SEE ANTARES, THE SCORPIONS HEART. 03:36.849 --> 03:40.086 align:left position:35%,start line:83% size:55% TO THE LEFT OF THAT, YOU'LL SEE JUPITER AND MERCURY. 03:40.186 --> 03:43.856 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% JAMES: THE TWO PLANETS WILL APPEAR AT THEIR CLOSEST THAT DAY AND 03:43.957 --> 03:46.125 align:left position:82.5%,start line:83% size:7.5% THEY'LL BE LESS THAN A FULL MOON WIDTH AT. 03:46.226 --> 03:49.896 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% DEAN: MERCURY IS A SPEEDY PLANET, SO THIS CONJUNCTION WON'T 03:49.996 --> 03:51.331 align:left position:37.5%,start line:89% size:52.5% LAST LONG. 03:51.431 --> 03:53.766 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% IF YOU MISS SEEING THEM THAT MORNING, MAKE SURE YOU CHECK THEM 03:53.866 --> 03:56.569 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5% OUT ON DECEMBER 22ND AND 23RD. 03:56.669 --> 04:01.040 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% THEY'LL BE A LITTLE FURTHER AT, BUT STILL AN IMPRESSIVE SIGHT. 04:01.140 --> 04:06.412 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% JAMES: THEN, A WEEK LATER, THE WANING CRESCENT MOON JOINS THE PARTY; PASSING BY VENUS ON 04:06.512 --> 04:09.349 align:left position:80%,start line:83% size:10% JANUARY 1ST AND THEN JUPITER ON JANUARY 3RD. 04:09.449 --> 04:13.319 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% DEAN: SO THERE YOU HAVE IT, THE PHASES OF THE MOON AND A WONDERFUL 04:13.419 --> 04:15.555 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PAIRING OF PLANETS TO END 2018. 04:15.655 --> 04:19.655 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% JAMES: ITS ALL WAITING FOR YOU WHEN YOU BOTH: KEEP LOOKING UP!