1 00:00:02,469 --> 00:00:06,473 TRACE HERE STAR FRIENDS AND THIS WEEK I WAS LOOKING AT MY ASTRONOMY CALENDARS AND SAW: 2 00:00:06,573 --> 00:00:09,509 SUPER NEW MOON. I THOUGHT -- WHAT IS THAT? 3 00:00:09,609 --> 00:00:13,646 A SUPER MOON IS A BIG LOOKIN MOON! THIS IS BECAUSE ITS ORBIT IS SLIGHTLY 4 00:00:13,747 --> 00:00:17,584 OBLONG SO SOMETIMES IT WILL APPEAR A BIT LARGER IN THE SKY -- THUS A SUPER MOON 5 00:00:17,684 --> 00:00:21,988 BUT, THIS WEEK ALSO A NEW MOON -- THAT S THE PHASE WHEN THE MOON IS NOT VISIBLE TO US -- SO 6 00:00:22,088 --> 00:00:27,327 THIS WEEK IS A NON-VISIBLE SUPERMOON! HARD TO GET THAT EXCITED -- EXCEPT 7 00:00:27,427 --> 00:00:32,699 NEW MOONS MEAN DARK SKY: HIT THE DARKNESS TO FIND PER-SEUS IN THE NORTHEAST UNDER 8 00:00:32,799 --> 00:00:39,672 CASSIOPEIA'S CHAIR. HIS CHEST IS BRIGHT MIRFAK, AND NEXT TO IT IS MEDUSA S EVIL EYE: ALGOL. 9 00:00:39,773 --> 00:00:41,408 YOU MIGHT WONDER WHY WE D NEED TO KNOW ABOUT A 10 00:00:41,508 --> 00:00:45,345 SUPER NEW MOON. OTHER THAN THE DARK SKY -- SUPERMOONS, EVEN DARK ONES, 11 00:00:45,445 --> 00:00:50,283 MEAN THE TIDES ARE AT THEIR HIGHEST POINT FOR AN AREA -- CALLED KING TIDES 12 00:00:50,383 --> 00:00:54,383 ENJOY THE SUPER NEW MOON MY KINGS AND QUEENS AND KEEP LOOKIN UP