Comments on: Full moons

By: Del

Del — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 22:57:59 +0000

I have a friend who is a dentist in Springfield, Ohio. He says that more tooth emergencies occur during full moons. He hates being the on-call doctor at his clinic when it is a full moon.

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 02:41:20 +0000

There’s more about the lack of full moon effects over at skepdic.com… skepdic.com/fullmoon.html

“If so many studies have failed to prove a significant correlation between the full moon and anything, why do so many people believe in these lunar myths?”

By: JaneM

JaneM — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 18:33:58 +0000

From Nat’l Institutes of Health
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of the lunar cycle on the frequency of deliveries and/or delivery complications. STUDY DESIGN: This was a retrospective cohort, secondary analysis of 564,039 births across 62 lunar cycles that were identified from North Carolina birth certificate data from 1997 to 2001. RESULTS: Using analysis of variance and t-tests, we found no significant differences in the frequency of births, route of delivery, births to multigravid women, or birth complications across the 8 phases of the moon or between documented high- and low-volume intervals of the lunar cycle. CONCLUSION: An analysis of 5 years of data demonstrated no predictable influence of the lunar cycle on deliveries or complications. As expected, this pervasive myth is not evidence based.

By: David

David — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 16:47:46 +0000

I’ve been recording stats on full moons for years and can definately say there have been more bench-clearing incidents in baseball, as well as suicide bombings in Israel on full moons.

Not meaning to go *there*, but many people report feeling randier when the moon is robust.

By: DW

DW — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 14:48:02 +0000

Last night’s moon was beautiful. In Memphis, it was a copper/golden color and low in the sky.

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 14:31:16 +0000

Full moons probably put pro and amateur astronomers into grumpy moods–the light from it overpowers faint objects.

By: Doc

Doc — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 14:24:21 +0000

Back when I was still performing concerts, then raves, I noticed larger and more rowdy crowds around the full Moon (2-3 days prior or after).

Didn’t collect gate statistics, tho, so my recollections are naturally suspect.

By: Kristen

Kristen — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 14:04:46 +0000

Teachers frequently explain a surge of misbehavior in their students with “it’s a full moon”.

By: Nathan

Nathan — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 06:03:52 +0000

My grandmother worked at a hospital when she was younger, and my girlfriend’s mother used to be a nurse at psychiatric facility. Both swear that more people came in on nights with full moons then any other time of the month.