1 00:00:00,360 --> 00:00:03,520 Speaker 1: Jersey and Amanda gem Nation. 2 00:00:03,560 --> 00:00:06,360 Speaker 2: Big full moon in the sky this morning. I noticed 3 00:00:06,400 --> 00:00:08,079 Speaker 2: on my way to work. You have to catch a 4 00:00:08,119 --> 00:00:10,000 Speaker 2: glimpse of it overnight. You may have noticed it's looking 5 00:00:10,039 --> 00:00:12,920 Speaker 2: bigger than normal. That's because it's a harvest moon. What 6 00:00:13,080 --> 00:00:15,080 Speaker 2: is a harvest moon? How long will it hang around? 7 00:00:15,080 --> 00:00:19,000 Speaker 2: What does it all mean? Because now to our resident astrophysicist, 8 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:23,080 Speaker 2: tavvery casual Brad Tucker, Hello, Brad, how's it going? 9 00:00:23,239 --> 00:00:26,480 Speaker 1: Good to talk to you again? Brady's so it's good 10 00:00:26,520 --> 00:00:30,720 Speaker 1: to talk to moon and all things the loony and lunacy. 11 00:00:30,920 --> 00:00:32,400 Speaker 2: Well, does it mean that we have to set up 12 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:34,440 Speaker 2: the altar and start sacrificing people? 13 00:00:34,760 --> 00:00:37,400 Speaker 1: Is that? Is that what it's about? I mean yeah, 14 00:00:37,440 --> 00:00:39,640 Speaker 1: I mean you know it was Tuesday, so you know 15 00:00:39,720 --> 00:00:43,280 Speaker 1: that was on the plants. Now it's a good enjoyment, 16 00:00:43,320 --> 00:00:46,320 Speaker 1: I think, you know. The heart the harvest moon just 17 00:00:46,400 --> 00:00:49,800 Speaker 1: comes from also the North American name for moons, right, 18 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:53,000 Speaker 1: they're kind of seasonal, h and they generally had these 19 00:00:53,080 --> 00:00:57,000 Speaker 1: names for different months. So obviously October it starts to 20 00:00:57,000 --> 00:01:00,000 Speaker 1: become harvest season. So it does become a little bit 21 00:01:00,120 --> 00:01:03,040 Speaker 1: weird for us because it's usually the opposite of what's 22 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:05,960 Speaker 1: happening here. But it was still a nice, big supermoon, 23 00:01:06,040 --> 00:01:08,679 Speaker 1: and it was a really bright moon to watch last night. 24 00:01:08,760 --> 00:01:10,600 Speaker 2: And how often will we see it, like it's a 25 00:01:10,640 --> 00:01:11,360 Speaker 2: couple of days. 26 00:01:12,480 --> 00:01:15,640 Speaker 1: Yeah, so you know the peak, the peak happened about 27 00:01:15,720 --> 00:01:19,600 Speaker 1: yesterday afternoon, but it will still be nearly one hundred 28 00:01:19,600 --> 00:01:23,720 Speaker 1: percent fool tonight. So if you're out and about this evening, 29 00:01:24,240 --> 00:01:27,200 Speaker 1: it will still look nice and big and bright. So 30 00:01:27,319 --> 00:01:30,800 Speaker 1: you know, it's not like it happens for one single second, 31 00:01:30,800 --> 00:01:32,880 Speaker 1: even though we say it's one hundred percent at one 32 00:01:32,920 --> 00:01:35,720 Speaker 1: single second, it still looks nice and big and nice 33 00:01:35,720 --> 00:01:38,600 Speaker 1: and bright. And it's still on that closer point to Earth. 34 00:01:38,680 --> 00:01:41,760 Speaker 1: So these supermoons in their orbit around the Earth sometimes 35 00:01:41,800 --> 00:01:43,800 Speaker 1: they're a bit closer to Earth and so they're a 36 00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:46,240 Speaker 1: bit bigger and a bit brighter in our sky. You know. 37 00:01:46,480 --> 00:01:48,280 Speaker 2: I know I sound naive for saying this, but it's 38 00:01:48,280 --> 00:01:50,400 Speaker 2: a nice reminder that we all share the same moon. 39 00:01:50,480 --> 00:01:52,160 Speaker 2: The world is so to visive at the moment that 40 00:01:52,240 --> 00:01:54,520 Speaker 2: we're all seeing this at the same time. 41 00:01:55,080 --> 00:01:59,040 Speaker 1: Well very much, we really, I think don't appreciate the moon. 42 00:01:59,120 --> 00:02:01,800 Speaker 1: I mean, if you're on Mercury or Venus, you got nothing. 43 00:02:02,280 --> 00:02:06,440 Speaker 1: Mars's two moons are tiny little rocks that are disappointing. 44 00:02:06,800 --> 00:02:09,160 Speaker 1: And you know here everywhere across the world, you get 45 00:02:09,160 --> 00:02:12,880 Speaker 1: to see this celestial object that humans have gone to 46 00:02:13,320 --> 00:02:15,520 Speaker 1: that actually is connected to the Earth. Part of it 47 00:02:15,639 --> 00:02:18,080 Speaker 1: formed from the Earth four billion years ago, and it 48 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:21,919 Speaker 1: lights up for skies and affects lots of life actually 49 00:02:21,960 --> 00:02:26,600 Speaker 1: on Earth. So it really is almost a magical thing 50 00:02:26,639 --> 00:02:28,600 Speaker 1: that we sometimes do take for granted. 51 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:32,160 Speaker 2: Is it true that people are different in a full moon? 52 00:02:32,320 --> 00:02:36,680 Speaker 2: Emergency rooms have more people in there, that we have 53 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:38,840 Speaker 2: more water in our blood, that kind of thing is 54 00:02:38,880 --> 00:02:39,720 Speaker 2: all that true? 55 00:02:41,160 --> 00:02:44,919 Speaker 1: No, but there have been some notes of various activities, 56 00:02:44,919 --> 00:02:48,360 Speaker 1: and some of it is has to do with the 57 00:02:48,440 --> 00:02:51,560 Speaker 1: observational effect. You notice the full moon because it's big 58 00:02:51,639 --> 00:02:54,520 Speaker 1: and bright in your field of view, so when the 59 00:02:54,560 --> 00:02:57,800 Speaker 1: moon is half or a quarter you don't really notice 60 00:02:58,600 --> 00:03:01,760 Speaker 1: a change because you're not looking for a change. Now, 61 00:03:01,840 --> 00:03:03,520 Speaker 1: one of the things you also get is the full 62 00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:06,240 Speaker 1: moon always rises at sunset, So in order for the 63 00:03:06,240 --> 00:03:08,360 Speaker 1: moon to be full, the sun has to be on 64 00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:10,840 Speaker 1: the opposite side of the Earth to the moon, so 65 00:03:10,840 --> 00:03:12,840 Speaker 1: that means the sun sets in the west, the moon 66 00:03:12,919 --> 00:03:16,000 Speaker 1: rises in the east, so it rises at a convenient time, 67 00:03:16,480 --> 00:03:18,760 Speaker 1: so people are still sometimes even you know, in the winter, 68 00:03:18,919 --> 00:03:21,680 Speaker 1: driving home or or walking their dog or those sorts 69 00:03:21,680 --> 00:03:24,760 Speaker 1: of things, so you tend to make that notice as well. 70 00:03:25,040 --> 00:03:27,399 Speaker 1: But you know there is notes of you know, say, 71 00:03:27,639 --> 00:03:30,000 Speaker 1: you know, the classic dog sparking at night and that 72 00:03:30,040 --> 00:03:32,720 Speaker 1: sort of thing. The moon makes the full moon makes 73 00:03:32,720 --> 00:03:35,960 Speaker 1: the sky brighter, so you actually can see more outside, 74 00:03:36,360 --> 00:03:38,360 Speaker 1: so you tend to be a little bit more active 75 00:03:38,480 --> 00:03:40,480 Speaker 1: or a little bit more aware of your surroundings, and 76 00:03:40,520 --> 00:03:42,760 Speaker 1: so dogs see more in those sorts of things. So 77 00:03:43,080 --> 00:03:46,440 Speaker 1: you do get some effects because you notice it, but 78 00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:48,680 Speaker 1: in terms of the direct effect on our body, there 79 00:03:48,760 --> 00:03:51,720 Speaker 1: really isn't that much. Well how does that explain a man? Then? 80 00:03:51,840 --> 00:03:53,440 Speaker 2: And I've got hair on the back of my hands. 81 00:03:54,880 --> 00:03:58,600 Speaker 1: Well that sometimes things make you stare up in that 82 00:03:58,640 --> 00:04:01,640 Speaker 1: sort of thing. So it's look, the moon is really great. 83 00:04:01,960 --> 00:04:03,800 Speaker 1: It's a really it was a really great moon. And 84 00:04:03,840 --> 00:04:07,040 Speaker 1: then we get next month we get another super moon. 85 00:04:07,160 --> 00:04:10,400 Speaker 1: So we kind of fall into this period of the 86 00:04:10,440 --> 00:04:13,760 Speaker 1: moon becomes in sync in its rotation around the Earth, 87 00:04:13,760 --> 00:04:16,720 Speaker 1: and so for the next couple of full moons it's 88 00:04:16,760 --> 00:04:18,920 Speaker 1: going to be this super moon of being a bit 89 00:04:19,040 --> 00:04:21,800 Speaker 1: closer and a bit brighter. So the full moon on 90 00:04:21,839 --> 00:04:24,240 Speaker 1: the fifth of November and then the fourth of December, 91 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:27,880 Speaker 1: those will all be those bigger, slightly bigger, slightly brighter 92 00:04:28,120 --> 00:04:29,200 Speaker 1: full moons in the evening. 93 00:04:29,360 --> 00:04:30,800 Speaker 2: Give it up for the moon, and I say it 94 00:04:30,839 --> 00:04:33,800 Speaker 2: has no atmosphere, but come on, come on, come on. 95 00:04:34,040 --> 00:04:36,560 Speaker 1: Oh that's right. I mean it's it's better than some 96 00:04:36,600 --> 00:04:38,520 Speaker 1: of other places. You don't want to be uranus and 97 00:04:38,600 --> 00:04:39,440 Speaker 1: be the butt of all joke. 98 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:40,240 Speaker 2: Yeah, exactly. 99 00:04:40,839 --> 00:04:42,200 Speaker 1: Amanda loves God to you, right. 100 00:04:42,120 --> 00:04:46,200 Speaker 2: USA, Brad our astrophysicist. 101 00:04:46,440 --> 00:04:49,120 Speaker 1: You are our only astrophysicist and you will always be 102 00:04:49,320 --> 00:04:49,840 Speaker 1: brad Taker. 103 00:04:49,880 --> 00:04:50,720 Speaker 2: Thank you for joining us. 104 00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:52,400 Speaker 1: Thanks guys, Thanks Brad.