The Sky at Night
Season 12 Episode 14 - The Moon and the Earth
8.3 ?
1957
Documentary, News
Is it unlucky to see the new moon through glass? The moon has always been thought to have a powerful influence on the earth, causing not only tides but good luck, bad luck, and even lunacy, according to its phases. Patrick Moore discusses with Henry Brinton, Bert Foord, weather man and J. P. Hutchinson, a psychiatrist the scientific truths and popular superstitions about the moon's effects on the earth.
Episodes in Season 12
1
Home-Built Observatories
2
Calendars of Other Worlds
3
The New Planetarium
4
Black Clouds in the Galaxy
5
Flights of Space Fancy
6
A Close Pass by Icarus
7
The Unquiet Sun
8
Pulsars
9
The Structure of the Moon
10
The Siberian Eclipse of the Sun
11
The Eclipse of the Sun
12
The 'Clocks' of Space
13
Venus, The Hot Planet
14
The Moon and the Earth
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