What’s A Super New Moon? | December 27 - January 2
Season 44 Episode 52 | 1mVideo has Closed Captions
Star Gazers December 27, 2021 to January 2, 2022, 2021 “What’s A Super New Moon?”
Star Gazers #STGZ144 1 minute December 27, 2021 to January 2, 2022, 2021 “What’s A Super New Moon?”
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Funding provided by The Batchelor Foundation and The William J. & Tina Rosenberg Foundation
What’s A Super New Moon? | December 27 - January 2
Season 44 Episode 52 | 1mVideo has Closed Captions
Star Gazers #STGZ144 1 minute December 27, 2021 to January 2, 2022, 2021 “What’s A Super New Moon?”
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipTRACE 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
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