A departure from the norm...

So what do college students do when the night is clear and the moon is gone? We look up. And then plot. And then drive to the mountain to look at the stars. And I suggest the same for over the next couple of days while the moon is new. If it is clear, bundle up, go outside, and look up. You don't have to spend a ton of time out there just enough to realize that you are really small.