00:00First up, the weekend of the 6th and 7th, the corn moon. It's the final full moon of the summer.
00:10Well, astronomical summer. Meteorological fall actually begins September 1st.
00:14But if you happen to be in Asia, Africa, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, or Antarctica for some
00:19reason, you can also see a total lunar eclipse and the blood moon. Then September 21st, look
00:25for Saturn. Saturn will be at opposition, its closest and brightest point of the year. You won't even need a
00:30telescope unless you want to see Saturn's rings in crisp detail. And finally, summer is coming to an
00:36end. The autumnal equinox is Monday, September 22nd at 2 19 p.m. Eastern time exactly. This marks the
00:43official start of fall in the northern hemisphere and spring in the southern hemisphere. On the
00:48equinox, the sun is shining directly over the equator, which means we get about 12 hours of
00:52daylight and 12 hours of darkness everywhere on Earth. After that, for those of us in the northern
00:57hemisphere, the nights start getting longer than the days, all the way until the December solstice.
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