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== Effects of the Moon ==
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The light from the moon influences more than you might suspect, including animal behavior and farming.
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Moonlight has a color temperature of 4100K, while sunlight has a higher color temperature of more than 5000K. Objects illuminated by moonlight don't look yellower to the eye. They look bluer. This holds for indoor scenes and for outdoor.
Some animals simply see better at night or are aided by the light of the moon. In contrast, prey animals know that to be seen means to be eaten, so it's prudent to hide when the moon is bright. And just as moonlight can influence predator-prey schedules, it also can influence some mating behaviors.
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On full moon nights, due to increased luminosity, some animals may stay out longer and remain more active, thus being more likely to be traumatized or injured, Wells and fellow researchers theorized.
Have you ever observed how the moon’s dance across the night sky influences the ocean’s tides? It’s a spectacle to behold and a secret weapon to boost your fishing success. By understanding the moon’s phases, you can tap into an age-old celestial rhythm, turning the tables in your favor for a more productive fishing experience. This guide will reveal how to harness the lunar advantage for improved catch rates.
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The "werewolf" plant Ephedra foeminea only puts out a sugary residue to attract pollinators during the full moon in July. Researchers have yet to understand exactly how the plant "knows" to follow the lunar cycle, but research shows there's a correlation. There is, however, disagreement among scientists that the shrub's pollination is related to the lunar cycle.
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Water weight in a botanical sample can vary up to 10% between the days just before the full moon and the week before the new moon. This parallels what researchers have found in lumber: wood from spruce and chestnut, harvested in the last week of the moon phase, has the lowest water percentage and shrinks the least during drying.3 It is rumored that the wooden stilts upon which Venice was built all were harvested during the last few days of the moon cycle: less water and denser fibers means less susceptibility to rotting and parasites.
Gardening by the Moon is a great way to plan your garden. Many of our readers follow the age-old practice of planting by the Moon’s phase for a healthier, more productive garden.
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See the "Planting by the moon" daily guide: <ref name=planting></ref>
Moon-controlled rhythms in marine critters have been observed for centuries. For at least 15 years it's been known that corals, like many other species, contain light-sensitive proteins called cryptochromes, and have recently reported that in the stony coral, Dipsastraea speciosa, a period of darkness between sunset and moonrise appears key for triggering spawning some days later.
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The tools the creatures need for such precision timing — down to days of the month, and then down to hours of the day. In the worm’s case, the requisite timing systems are a daily — or circadian — clock along with another, circalunar clock for its monthly reckoning. <ref name=corals></ref>
Humans, of course, also rely on moonlight. We did this much more so before the creation of artificial light, but some things haven't changed entirely. Some farmers plant crops based on the lunar schedule. There's a debate among farmers about whether planting by the moon has any positive effect on crops but The Old Farmer's Almanac still offers a Gardening by the Moon calendar.
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On the other hand, some studies have found non-correlation of lunar phases with the medical conditions ranging from cardiac arrest to mental pathologies. A Few reviews found insufficient evidence to support the relationship between lunar cycles and human biology, birth, health aspects and other related activities.
'''Lunacy / Lunatic'''
Lunacy is sometimes defined as an Intermittent mental derangement attributed to the changing phases of the moon.
The term "lunatic" derives from the Latin word lunaticus, which originally referred mainly to epilepsy and madness, as diseases thought to be caused by the moon. The King James Version of the Bible records "lunatick" in the Gospel of Matthew, which has been interpreted as a reference to epilepsy. By the fourth and fifth centuries, astrologers were commonly using the term to refer to neurological and psychiatric diseases. Pliny the Elder argued that the full moon induced individuals to lunacy and epilepsy by effects on the brain analogous to the nocturnal dew. Until at least 1700, it was also a common belief that the moon influenced fevers, rheumatism, episodes of epilepsy and other diseases.
In the Gospel of Matthew (17: 15–18), a father asks Jesus to cure his son because he is “lunaticus” (“Domine, misere filio meo, quia lunaticus est, et male patitur: nam saepecadit in ignem et crebro in aquam ... Et increpavit illum Jesus et exit ab eo daemo-nium et curatus est puer ex illa hora”). This is translated in the Bible of King James (1611) as follows: “Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed; for oft times he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water ... And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour.” When this passage is compared with the other synoptic gospels (Luke 9: 37–43; Mark 9: 17–29), the most accurate description of the same episode leads us to understand that the boy is affected by epilepsy.
The term “lunaticus est” is the Latin translation of the Greek verb “σεληνιαζεται” (“seleniazetai”), which includes the prefix selen- (from σεληνη - the ancient Greek word for the moon). Therefore, the original meaning of the term “lunatic” seems to be linked to epilepsy, rather than insanity.
The term lunatic was sometimes used to describe those who sought to discover a reliable method of determining longitude, the main theory was the Method of Lunar Distances, advanced by Astronomer Royal Nevil Maskelyne.
Members of the Lunar Society of Birmingham called themselves lunaticks. In an age with little street lighting, the society met on or near the night of the full moon
The full moon provided an increase in the amount of nighttime illumination and caused a significant sleep disturbance as a result. “Recent research has shown that sleep disruptions of as little as 1.5 hours from baseline can induce mania and seizures in vulnerable people.
'''Menstruation cycles'''<br>
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If your symptoms ramp up around a full moon cyclically, you likely have a parasitic infestation, and if this is true - then perhaps that's another cause of Lunacy?
===Moonlight Effects on temperature?===
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* They will never admit the possibility that the moon is beyond our limited understanding. Mainstream science wants you to believe they can understand everything.
[[File:Flatrocky moonlight test.png|200px|right|"FlatRocky" performing moonlight temperature tests]]
A YouTube channel called "FlatRocky" performs moonlight temperature tests and records his findings. He has over 200 videos of this being done. His findings are pretty clear that there is a temperature difference in direct moonlight vs. the shade of moonlight. <ref name=FlatRocky></ref>
===Moon's Effect on weather===
It's said the moon affects the weather is through indirect manipulation of ocean currents. The type of weather introduced will largely depend on the properties of the ocean water present in the affected current. (Warm water will favor cloud formation and is almost synonymous with tropical Cyclone development. Cold water, on the other hand, is more conducive to the creation of dry weather conditions.)
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"Pale Moon rains. Red Moon blows. White Moon neither rains nor snows."
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For generations, people have watched the Moon for signs of changes in the weather. The Moon does, in fact, affect the Earth's climate and weather patterns in several subtle ways.
'''pseudoscience warning'''<br>
It's said a "second effect" of the moon on atmos conditions is it's impact on "polar" temperatures. Measurements taken by "satellite" showed that temperatures at the "Poles" are higher during Full Moon than New Moon.
On average, temperatures during Full Moon are 0.55° Celsius (0.99° Fahrenheit) higher than New Moon. These temperatures may seem small and insignificant, but even at this scale, it still has a significant effect on weather.
A less significant effect of the moon is its ability to increase air pressure at the edge of a "tidal bulge", as the increased water height causes the air to compress slightly. In this case, the increase in atmospheric pressure is not large enough to have any impact on the weather.
Every 18.6 years the Moon's orbit "wobbles" between a maximum and minimum of plus or minus 5 degrees relative to the Earth's equator. This cycle, first documented in 1728, is called the lunar nodal cycle. When the lunar plane tilts away from the equatorial plane, the tides on Earth grow smaller. When the Moon's orbit is more in line with the Earth's equator, the tides are exaggerated.
Now, [[Agencies/NASA|NASA]] says (Which means the opposite it probably true) that rising sea levels due to climate change, combined with the influence of the lunar nodal cycle will cause a dramatic increase in the number of high-tide floods during the 2030s.
'''Hurricanes and the Full Moon Effect'''<br>
During a full moon, the sun, Earth and the moon are arrayed in a straight line, intensifying their gravitational effects on the planet.
At that time, both the sun and moon are tugging on Earth. This pull can cause a bulge in the ocean that makes high tides a little higher than at other times of month. These tides are known as “spring” tides, so-called because high tides spring up higher than usual.
A full moon will not directly affect the weather, but when the tides and weather are working hand in hand, the situation can be exacerbated and cause problems on shore. If you have winds that are blowing the water on to the coast, then those are situations which bring the worst marine environment, including coastal flooding and higher than normal surf.
When the highest tides are occurring, you can get higher-than-normal water levels caused by the wind hitting the coast in a certain direction. Tidal forces might influence the intensity of storm systems, and there have been some correlations between storms occurring and being stronger during a full or new moon.
===Moons effect on earthquakes===
Scientists have long debated whether the movements of the Moon and the tidal stresses it generates play a role in triggering earthquakes, and now it looks like we might have an answer.
A new study by researchers in Japan suggests that large earthquakes are more likely to occur at times of a full or new Moon – the two lunar phases when tidal stresses on Earth are at their greatest.
Scientists from the University of Tokyo analysed three separate seismic databases – global data, plus records for California and Japan – looking at large earthquakes (with a magnitude 5.5 or greater) that occurred in the past two decades.
Focusing on the fortnight in the lead-up to these earthquakes, the team reconstructed the size – or amplitude – of tidal stresses at each point in time, and found that the largest quakes most often occurred on days near new or full Moons.
At these two points during the monthly lunar cycle, the Sun, Moon, and Earth all align, and the gravitational tug of the Moon on Earth is at its most intense.
Scientists have long speculated that this alignment could hypothetically influence earthquakes – due to a stronger-than-usual pull being exerted on fault-lines – and the Tokyo researchers' findings now suggests that's likely the case.
Some of the most powerful quakes in the past 20 years – including Sumatra, Indonesia in 2004 (magnitude 9.3); Maule, Chile in 2010 (8.8); and Tohoku-oki, Japan in 2011 (9.0) – coincided with high tidal stress.
All up, nine of the 12 largest earthquakes in the studied period – those with a magnitude of 8.2 or above – happened around a new or full Moon.
Interestingly, the team found no clear correlation between small earthquakes and tidal stresses, although the data does suggest that the proportion of large earthquakes (compared to small earthquakes) increases as tidal stresses become greater.<ref name=earthquake></ref>
===Moons Effect on Aurora Borealis===
Contrary to what you may have read or heard elsewhere, the Aurora Hunter’s worst enemy is not a full moon. In fact, most Aurora hunters, guides and photographers rather like having a full moon in the sky because it is in itself a thing of great, great beauty and only really impacts negatively on weak Auroral displays.
No, the thing that Aurora hunters don’t like is cloud, especially, thick, dense blanket cloud cover which renders the night sky, and hence the Northern Lights, invisible. On such nights, you have to be prepared to drive for hours and hours in search of either clear skies or breaks in the cloud and even if you do find a gap, you are still relying on geomagnetic activity to provide the Northern Lights.
Obviously, the ideal situation for Northern Lights viewing is a completely clear sky but broken or limited cloud cover will provide some interesting contrast to an Auroral display. It’s just those frustrating nights when the cloud hangs heavy that cause the professionals to stomp around the house like bored kids on a rainy day during the school holidays.
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===References===
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<ref name="parasites">[https://wellrootedpediatrics.com/parasites-the-full-moon-whats-the-connection wellrootedpediatrics.com: Parasites & The Full Moon – What’s the connection?]</ref>
<ref name="corals">https://www.astronomy.com/science/how-lunar-cycles-guide-the-spawning-of-corals-worms-and-more astronomy.com:How lunar cycles guide the spawning of corals, worms, and more]</ref>
<ref name="earthquake">[https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/does-moon-cause-earthquakes-study-says-no-1-180967896/ Moon’s Gravity Linked to Big Earthquakes] </ref>
<ref name="Aurora">[https://www.theaurorazone.com/about-the-aurora/the-science-of-the-northern-lights/a-full-moon/ Does a full moon ruin your chances of seeing the Aurora Borealis?]</ref>
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