1 00:00:01,066 --> 00:00:06,733 HI MOONSHINES! NEXT WEEK IS A BLUE SUPERMOON; 2 00:00:06,733 --> 00:00:10,266 AN AMALGAMATION OF ASTRONOMICAL ANOMALIES! LET'’’S GO SEE IT 3 00:00:10,266 --> 00:00:13,366 HIT THE DARKNESS AUGUST 30TH LOOKING SOUTHEAST. 4 00:00:13,366 --> 00:00:17,100 THE FULL MOON WILL LOOK BRIGHTER, BUT WON'’’T BE BLUE IN COLOR. SORRY. 5 00:00:17,100 --> 00:00:21,266 OUR MOON TAKES ABOUT 29.5 DAYS TO GO THROUGH A FULL CYCLE. SINCE OUR MONTHS 6 00:00:21,266 --> 00:00:25,933 HAPPEN TO BE 30 DAYS, EVERY 2.7 YEARS WE SEE TWO FULL MOONS IN ONE MONTH; 7 00:00:25,933 --> 00:00:29,433 THE SECOND IS CALLED A BLUE MOON. THE TERM COMES FROM A 16TH CENTURY 8 00:00:29,433 --> 00:00:33,366 EXPRESSION THE MOON IS BLUE KINDA LIKE WHEN PIGS FLY DESCRIBING A RARE EVENT. 9 00:00:33,366 --> 00:00:36,900 THIS WEEK THE MOON IS AT A CLOSE POINT IN ITS ORBIT TOO! BECAUSE 10 00:00:36,900 --> 00:00:40,433 THE MOON'’’S ORBIT IS ELLIPTICAL IT'’’S SOMETIMES CLOSER TO EARTH. 11 00:00:40,433 --> 00:00:44,566 WHEN THIS CLOSENESS COINCIDES WITH A FULL MOON SOME CALL IT A SUPERMOON. 12 00:00:44,566 --> 00:00:48,166 THE MOON REFLECTS SUNLIGHT. SO, A CLOSER MOON APPEARS AS MUCH AS FOURTEEN PERCENT LARGER, 13 00:00:48,166 --> 00:00:50,900 AND ABOUT THIRTY PERCENT BRIGHTER! 14 00:00:50,900 --> 00:00:53,700 GO SEE SATURN SHINING NEAR THE MOON AND BATHE IN THE EXTRA MOONLIGHT WHILE YOU KEEP LOOKIN'’’ UP.