1 00:00:20,887 --> 00:00:21,955 SHINE ON HARVEST MOON 2 00:00:22,055 --> 00:00:23,623 JAMES: WELCOME TO 3 00:00:23,723 --> 00:00:25,392 STAR GAZERS. 4 00:00:25,492 --> 00:00:28,495 I'M JAMES ALBURY, DIRECTOR OF THE KIKA SILVA PLA PLANETARIUM IN GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA. 5 00:00:28,595 --> 00:00:31,197 DEAN: AND I'M DEAN REGAS, ASTRONOMER FOR THE CINCINNATI 6 00:00:31,297 --> 00:00:32,432 OBSERVATORY. 7 00:00:32,532 --> 00:00:35,435 WE'RE HERE TO HELP YOU FIND YOUR WAY AROUND THE SKY. 8 00:00:35,535 --> 00:00:39,172 MONDAY SEPTEMBER 24TH IS THE OFFICIAL NIGHT OF THE HARVEST MOON. 9 00:00:39,272 --> 00:00:40,740 JAMES: THATS RIGHT DEAN, 10 00:00:40,840 --> 00:00:44,411 FALL IS COMING AND ITS TIME TO HARVEST THE CROPS. 11 00:00:44,511 --> 00:00:47,113 TRADITIONALLY, THE HARVEST MOON REALLY HELPED FARMERS A LOT 12 00:00:47,213 --> 00:00:49,516 SINCE IT LIGHTS UP THE ENTIRE NIGHT. 13 00:00:49,616 --> 00:00:54,821 IT RISES AS THE SUN SETS, RIDES HIGH ACROSS THE SKY MOST OF THE NIGHT, AND SET AS DAWN 14 00:00:54,921 --> 00:00:56,056 BREAKS. 15 00:00:56,156 --> 00:00:57,857 DEAN: SO, WE'RE GOING TO FOLLOW ITS PATH ALL NIGHT 16 00:00:57,957 --> 00:01:01,194 AND CHECK OUT THE SKY IN EARLY EVENING, AFTER MIDNIGHT, 17 00:01:01,294 --> 00:01:02,896 AND JUST BEFORE DAWN. 18 00:01:02,996 --> 00:01:07,700 PLUS WE'LL DELVE INTO THE WHY THE MOON LOOKS BIGGER WHEN ITS NEAR THE HORIZON. 19 00:01:07,801 --> 00:01:09,235 LETS SHOW YOU! 20 00:01:09,335 --> 00:01:12,772 JAMES: OKAY, WE HAVE OUR SKY SET FOR JUST AFTER SUNSET 21 00:01:12,872 --> 00:01:16,176 ON THE NIGHT OF SEPTEMBER 24 FACING EAST. 22 00:01:16,276 --> 00:01:19,646 THE HARVEST MOON IS JUST RISING ABOVE THE HORIZON. 23 00:01:19,746 --> 00:01:22,949 PEOPLE OFTEN ASK US IF THE HARVEST MOON IS BIGGER THAN OTHER MOONS 24 00:01:23,049 --> 00:01:25,051 DEAN: SOMETIMES, BUT NOT ALWAYS. 25 00:01:25,151 --> 00:01:30,790 THE MOON CHANGES ITS DISTANCE FROM US, AND WHEN IT IS CLOSER TO US, LIKE 2015'S HARVEST 26 00:01:30,890 --> 00:01:32,559 MOON, WE GET TO SEE A 27 00:01:32,659 --> 00:01:33,927 BOTH: SUPERMOON! 28 00:01:34,027 --> 00:01:35,595 DEAN: THIS SEPTEMBER, 29 00:01:35,695 --> 00:01:37,964 IT WILL NOT APPEAR ESPECIALLY LARGE. 30 00:01:38,064 --> 00:01:40,900 THE NEXT SUPERMOON ISN'T UNTIL NEXT FEBURARY. 31 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:42,969 JAMES: ANOTHER QUESTION WE GET A LOT IS, 32 00:01:43,069 --> 00:01:45,338 "WHY DOES THE MOON LOOK ORANGE WHEN ITS LOW IN THE SKY 33 00:01:45,438 --> 00:01:46,339 LIKE THIS?" 34 00:01:46,439 --> 00:01:47,941 IN ORDER TO REACH YOUR EYES, 35 00:01:48,041 --> 00:01:51,578 THE LIGHT OF THE MOON HAS TO PASS THROUGH MORE OF THE EARTHS ATMOSPHERE. 36 00:01:51,678 --> 00:01:55,281 THAT EXTRA AIRS SHIFTS THE COLOR YOU SEE TOWARDS THE RED, 37 00:01:55,381 --> 00:01:57,750 JUST AS IT DOES TO THE SUN AT SUNSET. 38 00:01:57,851 --> 00:02:01,020 DEAN: NOW WE HAVE OUR SKY SET TO AROUND 1AM, 39 00:02:01,121 --> 00:02:03,656 AND I'M GLAD I STAYED UP LATE! 40 00:02:03,756 --> 00:02:06,993 WHEN YOU FACE EAST, YOU GET A PREVIEW OF THE STARS OF FALL. 41 00:02:07,093 --> 00:02:10,964 LIKE THE V-SHAPED FACE OF TAURUS THE BULL AND JUST ABOVE IT, 42 00:02:11,064 --> 00:02:14,134 THE PLEIADES STAR CLUSTER, ALSO KNOWN AS THE SEVEN SISTERS. 43 00:02:14,234 --> 00:02:17,036 JAMES: BUT AT THIS LATE HOUR, THE HARVEST MOON IS 44 00:02:17,137 --> 00:02:20,640 SO HIGH IN THE SKY, WE BETTER FLY UP THERE! 45 00:02:20,740 --> 00:02:22,775 JAMES: AT THIS POINT, 46 00:02:22,876 --> 00:02:25,845 ITS ACTUALLY THE MORNING OF SEPTEMBER 25. 47 00:02:25,945 --> 00:02:27,046 ON SEPTEMBER 24TH 48 00:02:27,147 --> 00:02:30,583 AND SEPTEMBER 26TH, THE MOON WILL BE ALMOST FULL. 49 00:02:30,683 --> 00:02:33,219 SO FOR SEVERAL NIGHTS IN A ROW, THIS LUNAR BEACON 50 00:02:33,319 --> 00:02:36,022 WILL SHINE DOWN ON YOUR FIELDS AND GIVE YOU ENOUGH LIGHT 51 00:02:36,122 --> 00:02:37,157 TO WORK BY. 52 00:02:37,257 --> 00:02:38,925 DEAN: NOW THAT THE MOON IS HIGH IN THE SKY, 53 00:02:39,025 --> 00:02:40,627 THE REDDISH TINT IS GONE. 54 00:02:40,727 --> 00:02:45,031 THROUGH A TELESCOPE LIKE THIS VIEW, THE MOON IS SO BRIGHT THAT ITS HARD TO SEE 55 00:02:45,131 --> 00:02:46,866 FINE DETAILS. 56 00:02:46,966 --> 00:02:51,204 YOU CAN SEE THE DARK AREAS, CALLED MARIA, AND RAYS EXTENDING FROM THE LARGER CRATERS, 57 00:02:51,304 --> 00:02:56,543 BUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE FULL MOON THROUGH A TELESCOPE, ID RECOMMEND WEARING 58 00:02:56,643 --> 00:02:57,544 SUNGLASSES. 59 00:02:57,644 --> 00:02:58,711 IT IS BRIGHT! 60 00:02:58,811 --> 00:03:01,147 JAMES: GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. 61 00:03:01,247 --> 00:03:04,717 ITS NOW 6 AM AND WE'RE FACING WEST AS THE HARVEST MOON IS SINKING 62 00:03:04,817 --> 00:03:06,653 LOWER IN THE SKY. 63 00:03:06,753 --> 00:03:10,390 AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO 6:30AM, AND 7AM, 64 00:03:10,490 --> 00:03:14,594 THE MOON BEGINS TO TURN ORANGE AGAIN - JUST AS IT DID WHEN IT ROSE HALF A DAY AGO. 65 00:03:14,694 --> 00:03:16,062 DEAN: AND BY 7:30, 66 00:03:16,162 --> 00:03:19,632 THE SUN WILL HAVE RISEN IN THE EAST AS THE MOON SETS IN THE WEST. 67 00:03:19,732 --> 00:03:21,100 SO DURING A HARVEST MOON, 68 00:03:21,201 --> 00:03:24,437 YOU EXPERIENCE 12 HOURS OF DAYLIGHT FROM THE SUN AND 69 00:03:24,537 --> 00:03:26,272 12 HOURS OF MOONLIGHT FROM THE MOON. 70 00:03:26,372 --> 00:03:30,009 JAMES: NOW WHY DOES THE MOON OFTEN LOOK LARGER WHEN 71 00:03:30,109 --> 00:03:31,010 ITS NEAR THE HORIZON? 72 00:03:31,110 --> 00:03:32,011 DEAN: I KNOW. 73 00:03:32,111 --> 00:03:33,813 I SEE THIS MOON ILLUSION ALL THE TIME! 74 00:03:33,913 --> 00:03:35,848 JAMES: AND IT IS AN ILLUSION. 75 00:03:35,949 --> 00:03:38,818 THE MOON ISNT ACTUALLY BIGGER, AND YOU CAN PROVE IT. 76 00:03:38,918 --> 00:03:40,353 DEAN: SIMPLY TAKE A DIME, 77 00:03:40,453 --> 00:03:43,957 HOLD IT AT ARM'S LENGTH WHEN THE HARVEST MOON IS CLOSE TO THE HORIZON, 78 00:03:44,057 --> 00:03:46,226 AND AGAIN LATER WHEN IT'S AT ITS HIGH-EST POINT. 79 00:03:46,326 --> 00:03:50,129 YOU WILL SEE THAT YOUR DIME WILL COVER EXACTLY THE SAME AMOUNT OF THE MOON. 80 00:03:50,230 --> 00:03:53,099 JAMES: BUT AN EVEN MORE FUN WAY TO PROVE THIS ILLUSION 81 00:03:53,199 --> 00:03:58,104 IS TO BEND OVER AT THE WAIST AND WATCH THE RISING HARVEST MOON UPSIDE DOWN BETWEEN YOUR 82 00:03:58,204 --> 00:03:59,472 LEGS. 83 00:03:59,572 --> 00:04:01,941 BECAUSE, BINGO, IT WILL INSTANTLY LOOK SMALLER THAN WHEN YOU 84 00:04:02,041 --> 00:04:03,142 LOOK AT IT RIGHT SIDE UP. 85 00:04:03,243 --> 00:04:05,712 DEAN: BE SURE TO TRY THIS WHEN NO ONES LOOKING! 86 00:04:05,812 --> 00:04:08,348 JAMES: SO LOOK FOR THE HARVEST MOON RISING ON THE 87 00:04:08,448 --> 00:04:09,649 NIGHT ON SEP-TEMBER 24. 88 00:04:09,749 --> 00:04:12,285 DEAN: THEN STAY UP LATE TO WATCH IT LIGHT UP THE 89 00:04:12,385 --> 00:04:13,419 SEPTEMBER NIGHT. 90 00:04:13,519 --> 00:04:15,788 JAMES: OR GET UP REALLY EARLY TO SEE IT SET, 91 00:04:15,888 --> 00:04:17,056 AS THE SUN RISES. 92 00:04:17,156 --> 00:04:21,156 BOTH: KEEP LOOKING UP!