1 00:00:02,569 --> 00:00:06,139 HELLO CELESTIAL VIEWERS! THIS WEEK WE LL SEE A BEAUTIFUL FULL BLUE MOON, 2 00:00:06,239 --> 00:00:08,375 AND EVEN THOUGH YOU SEE ME STANDING ALONE 3 00:00:08,475 --> 00:00:13,880 IN REALITY THE MOON IS NORMAL COLOR, WE JUST MADE IT BLUE FOR TV -- SO WHY DO WE CALL IT BLUE? 4 00:00:13,980 --> 00:00:18,284 THE TERM BLUE MOON HAS TWO DEFINITIONS! TODAY IT MEANS THE SECOND FULL MOON IN A CALENDAR MONTH, 5 00:00:18,385 --> 00:00:22,222 BUT HISTORICALLY IT MEANT THE THIRD OF FOUR FULL MOONS IN A SINGLE SEASON. 6 00:00:22,322 --> 00:00:26,292 BOTH DEFINITIONS ARE USED TODAY, AND THIS IS THE LATTER -- A SEASONAL. BLUE. MOON. 7 00:00:26,393 --> 00:00:30,864 WITHOUT GETTING TOO TECHNICAL, THIS HAPPENS BECAUSE CELESTIAL ORBITS DON T PERFECTLY ALIGN. 8 00:00:30,964 --> 00:00:36,703 SO WE HAVE THIRTEEN FULL MOONS BETWEEN THE 2020 AND 2021 DECEMBER SOLSTICES. 9 00:00:36,803 --> 00:00:40,774 HIT THE DARKNESS AROUND NINE THIRTY PM FOR MOONRISE AND YOU LL SEE THE MOON CHASING 10 00:00:40,874 --> 00:00:45,512 JUPITER ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN SKY. IT MAY LOOK THE SAME, BUT IT SHOULD FEEL DIFFERENT 11 00:00:45,612 --> 00:00:49,612 BECAUSE WE WON T SEE ANOTHER SEASONAL BLUE MOON UNTIL 2048! KEEP LOOKIN UP!