WEBVTT 00:20.887 --> 00:21.955 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% SHINE ON HARVEST MOON 00:22.055 --> 00:23.623 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: WELCOME TO 00:23.723 --> 00:25.392 align:left position:35%,start line:89% size:55% STAR GAZERS. 00:25.492 --> 00:28.495 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% I'M JAMES ALBURY, DIRECTOR OF THE KIKA SILVA PLA PLANETARIUM IN GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA. 00:28.595 --> 00:31.197 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: AND I'M DEAN REGAS, ASTRONOMER FOR THE CINCINNATI 00:31.297 --> 00:32.432 align:left position:35%,start line:89% size:55% OBSERVATORY. 00:32.532 --> 00:35.435 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% WE'RE HERE TO HELP YOU FIND YOUR WAY AROUND THE SKY. 00:35.535 --> 00:39.172 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% MONDAY SEPTEMBER 24TH IS THE OFFICIAL NIGHT OF THE HARVEST MOON. 00:39.272 --> 00:40.740 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: THATS RIGHT DEAN, 00:40.840 --> 00:44.411 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% FALL IS COMING AND ITS TIME TO HARVEST THE CROPS. 00:44.511 --> 00:47.113 align:left position:32.5%,start line:83% size:57.5% TRADITIONALLY, THE HARVEST MOON REALLY HELPED FARMERS A LOT 00:47.213 --> 00:49.516 align:left position:85%,start line:89% size:5% SINCE IT LIGHTS UP THE ENTIRE NIGHT. 00:49.616 --> 00:54.821 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% IT RISES AS THE SUN SETS, RIDES HIGH ACROSS THE SKY MOST OF THE NIGHT, AND SET AS DAWN 00:54.921 --> 00:56.056 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% BREAKS. 00:56.156 --> 00:57.857 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: SO, WE'RE GOING TO FOLLOW ITS PATH ALL NIGHT 00:57.957 --> 01:01.194 align:left position:80%,start line:83% size:10% AND CHECK OUT THE SKY IN EARLY EVENING, AFTER MIDNIGHT, 01:01.294 --> 01:02.896 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% AND JUST BEFORE DAWN. 01:02.996 --> 01:07.700 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% PLUS WE'LL DELVE INTO THE WHY THE MOON LOOKS BIGGER WHEN ITS NEAR THE HORIZON. 01:07.801 --> 01:09.235 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5% LETS SHOW YOU! 01:09.335 --> 01:12.772 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: OKAY, WE HAVE OUR SKY SET FOR JUST AFTER SUNSET 01:12.872 --> 01:16.176 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% ON THE NIGHT OF SEPTEMBER 24 FACING EAST. 01:16.276 --> 01:19.646 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% THE HARVEST MOON IS JUST RISING ABOVE THE HORIZON. 01:19.746 --> 01:22.949 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% PEOPLE OFTEN ASK US IF THE HARVEST MOON IS BIGGER THAN OTHER MOONS 01:23.049 --> 01:25.051 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: SOMETIMES, BUT NOT ALWAYS. 01:25.151 --> 01:30.790 align:left position:82.5%,start line:83% size:7.5% THE MOON CHANGES ITS DISTANCE FROM US, AND WHEN IT IS CLOSER TO US, LIKE 2015'S HARVEST 01:30.890 --> 01:32.559 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% MOON, WE GET TO SEE A 01:32.659 --> 01:33.927 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% BOTH: SUPERMOON! 01:34.027 --> 01:35.595 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: THIS SEPTEMBER, 01:35.695 --> 01:37.964 align:left position:85%,start line:89% size:5% IT WILL NOT APPEAR ESPECIALLY LARGE. 01:38.064 --> 01:40.900 align:left position:72.5%,start line:89% size:17.5% THE NEXT SUPERMOON ISN'T UNTIL NEXT FEBURARY. 01:41.000 --> 01:42.969 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: ANOTHER QUESTION WE GET A LOT IS, 01:43.069 --> 01:45.338 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% "WHY DOES THE MOON LOOK ORANGE WHEN ITS LOW IN THE SKY 01:45.438 --> 01:46.339 align:left position:35%,start line:89% size:55% LIKE THIS?" 01:46.439 --> 01:47.941 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% IN ORDER TO REACH YOUR EYES, 01:48.041 --> 01:51.578 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% THE LIGHT OF THE MOON HAS TO PASS THROUGH MORE OF THE EARTHS ATMOSPHERE. 01:51.678 --> 01:55.281 align:left position:70%,start line:83% size:20% THAT EXTRA AIRS SHIFTS THE COLOR YOU SEE TOWARDS THE RED, 01:55.381 --> 01:57.750 align:left position:82.5%,start line:89% size:7.5% JUST AS IT DOES TO THE SUN AT SUNSET. 01:57.851 --> 02:01.020 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: NOW WE HAVE OUR SKY SET TO AROUND 1AM, 02:01.121 --> 02:03.656 align:left position:35%,start line:83% size:55% AND I'M GLAD I STAYED UP LATE! 02:03.756 --> 02:06.993 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% WHEN YOU FACE EAST, YOU GET A PREVIEW OF THE STARS OF FALL. 02:07.093 --> 02:10.964 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% LIKE THE V-SHAPED FACE OF TAURUS THE BULL AND JUST ABOVE IT, 02:11.064 --> 02:14.134 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% THE PLEIADES STAR CLUSTER, ALSO KNOWN AS THE SEVEN SISTERS. 02:14.234 --> 02:17.036 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: BUT AT THIS LATE HOUR, THE HARVEST MOON IS 02:17.137 --> 02:20.640 align:left position:75%,start line:89% size:15% SO HIGH IN THE SKY, WE BETTER FLY UP THERE! 02:20.740 --> 02:22.775 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: AT THIS POINT, 02:22.876 --> 02:25.845 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% ITS ACTUALLY THE MORNING OF SEPTEMBER 25. 02:25.945 --> 02:27.046 align:left position:27.5%,start line:89% size:62.5% ON SEPTEMBER 24TH 02:27.147 --> 02:30.583 align:left position:85%,start line:83% size:5% AND SEPTEMBER 26TH, THE MOON WILL BE ALMOST FULL. 02:30.683 --> 02:33.219 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% SO FOR SEVERAL NIGHTS IN A ROW, THIS LUNAR BEACON 02:33.319 --> 02:36.022 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% WILL SHINE DOWN ON YOUR FIELDS AND GIVE YOU ENOUGH LIGHT 02:36.122 --> 02:37.157 align:left position:35%,start line:89% size:55% TO WORK BY. 02:37.257 --> 02:38.925 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: NOW THAT THE MOON IS HIGH IN THE SKY, 02:39.025 --> 02:40.627 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% THE REDDISH TINT IS GONE. 02:40.727 --> 02:45.031 align:left position:85%,start line:83% size:5% THROUGH A TELESCOPE LIKE THIS VIEW, THE MOON IS SO BRIGHT THAT ITS HARD TO SEE 02:45.131 --> 02:46.866 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5% FINE DETAILS. 02:46.966 --> 02:51.204 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% YOU CAN SEE THE DARK AREAS, CALLED MARIA, AND RAYS EXTENDING FROM THE LARGER CRATERS, 02:51.304 --> 02:56.543 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% BUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE FULL MOON THROUGH A TELESCOPE, ID RECOMMEND WEARING 02:56.643 --> 02:57.544 align:left position:35%,start line:89% size:55% SUNGLASSES. 02:57.644 --> 02:58.711 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5% IT IS BRIGHT! 02:58.811 --> 03:01.147 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. 03:01.247 --> 03:04.717 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% ITS NOW 6 AM AND WE'RE FACING WEST AS THE HARVEST MOON IS SINKING 03:04.817 --> 03:06.653 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% LOWER IN THE SKY. 03:06.753 --> 03:10.390 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO 6:30AM, AND 7AM, 03:10.490 --> 03:14.594 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% THE MOON BEGINS TO TURN ORANGE AGAIN - JUST AS IT DID WHEN IT ROSE HALF A DAY AGO. 03:14.694 --> 03:16.062 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: AND BY 7:30, 03:16.162 --> 03:19.632 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% THE SUN WILL HAVE RISEN IN THE EAST AS THE MOON SETS IN THE WEST. 03:19.732 --> 03:21.100 align:left position:35%,start line:83% size:55% SO DURING A HARVEST MOON, 03:21.201 --> 03:24.437 align:left position:32.5%,start line:83% size:57.5% YOU EXPERIENCE 12 HOURS OF DAYLIGHT FROM THE SUN AND 03:24.537 --> 03:26.272 align:left position:85%,start line:89% size:5% 12 HOURS OF MOONLIGHT FROM THE MOON. 03:26.372 --> 03:30.009 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: NOW WHY DOES THE MOON OFTEN LOOK LARGER WHEN 03:30.109 --> 03:31.010 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% ITS NEAR THE HORIZON? 03:31.110 --> 03:32.011 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: I KNOW. 03:32.111 --> 03:33.813 align:left position:82.5%,start line:89% size:7.5% I SEE THIS MOON ILLUSION ALL THE TIME! 03:33.913 --> 03:35.848 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: AND IT IS AN ILLUSION. 03:35.949 --> 03:38.818 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% THE MOON ISNT ACTUALLY BIGGER, AND YOU CAN PROVE IT. 03:38.918 --> 03:40.353 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: SIMPLY TAKE A DIME, 03:40.453 --> 03:43.957 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% HOLD IT AT ARM'S LENGTH WHEN THE HARVEST MOON IS CLOSE TO THE HORIZON, 03:44.057 --> 03:46.226 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% AND AGAIN LATER WHEN IT'S AT ITS HIGH-EST POINT. 03:46.326 --> 03:50.129 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% YOU WILL SEE THAT YOUR DIME WILL COVER EXACTLY THE SAME AMOUNT OF THE MOON. 03:50.230 --> 03:53.099 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: BUT AN EVEN MORE FUN WAY TO PROVE THIS ILLUSION 03:53.199 --> 03:58.104 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% IS TO BEND OVER AT THE WAIST AND WATCH THE RISING HARVEST MOON UPSIDE DOWN BETWEEN YOUR 03:58.204 --> 03:59.472 align:left position:42.5%,start line:89% size:47.5% LEGS. 03:59.572 --> 04:01.941 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% BECAUSE, BINGO, IT WILL INSTANTLY LOOK SMALLER THAN WHEN YOU 04:02.041 --> 04:03.142 align:left position:17.5%,start line:89% size:72.5% LOOK AT IT RIGHT SIDE UP. 04:03.243 --> 04:05.712 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: BE SURE TO TRY THIS WHEN NO ONES LOOKING! 04:05.812 --> 04:08.348 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: SO LOOK FOR THE HARVEST MOON RISING ON THE 04:08.448 --> 04:09.649 align:left position:40%,start line:83% size:50% NIGHT ON SEP-TEMBER 24. 04:09.749 --> 04:12.285 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: THEN STAY UP LATE TO WATCH IT LIGHT UP THE 04:12.385 --> 04:13.419 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% SEPTEMBER NIGHT. 04:13.519 --> 04:15.788 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: OR GET UP REALLY EARLY TO SEE IT SET, 04:15.888 --> 04:17.056 align:left position:27.5%,start line:89% size:62.5% AS THE SUN RISES. 04:17.156 --> 04:21.156 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% BOTH: KEEP LOOKING UP!