TRACE HERE STAR FRIENDS AND THIS WEEK I WAS LOOKING AT MY ASTRONOMY CALENDARS AND SAW: SUPER NEW MOON. I THOUGHT -- WHAT IS THAT? A SUPER MOON IS A BIG LOOKIN MOON! THIS IS BECAUSE ITS ORBIT IS SLIGHTLY OBLONG SO SOMETIMES IT WILL APPEAR A BIT LARGER IN THE SKY -- THUS A SUPER MOON BUT, THIS WEEK ALSO A NEW MOON -- THAT S THE PHASE WHEN THE MOON IS NOT VISIBLE TO US -- SO THIS WEEK IS A NON-VISIBLE SUPERMOON! HARD TO GET THAT EXCITED -- EXCEPT NEW MOONS MEAN DARK SKY: HIT THE DARKNESS TO FIND PER-SEUS IN THE NORTHEAST UNDER CASSIOPEIA'S CHAIR. HIS CHEST IS BRIGHT MIRFAK, AND NEXT TO IT IS MEDUSA S EVIL EYE: ALGOL. YOU MIGHT WONDER WHY WE D NEED TO KNOW ABOUT A SUPER NEW MOON. OTHER THAN THE DARK SKY -- SUPERMOONS, EVEN DARK ONES, MEAN THE TIDES ARE AT THEIR HIGHEST POINT FOR AN AREA -- CALLED KING TIDES ENJOY THE SUPER NEW MOON MY KINGS AND QUEENS AND KEEP LOOKIN UP