Full Moon Power?

[Ardydub]

This is as good a place to ask this question as any:

Is there any truth that a full moon exerts more/different power than a new moon?

I've heard for years how a full moon seems to call out all kinds of weirdness in people. I don't get it. The only difference between a full moon and new moon is the amount of light we can see reflected off it. Other than than, the moon is the same in distance, in size, in every other way! They even say that a full moon exerts greater tidal force? Why? What's going on here?

Curious.

 

[Chantilyvamp]

Well I cant speak for what goes on just that I know it does.

I myself get a bit out of sorts during a full moom. (complicated dont ask)

But I will tell you what it used to do at two of my jobs. I was a nurses assistant in a nursing home and then in a hospital. And I am telling you we all braced ourselves during the full moon.

It never failed, more accidents, people were more difficult and moody and we had more escapes at the nursing home during full moons. One little tiny lady was sure to take off the first night of the full moon, said she couldnt help it just felt the need to go out. Then there was the little man who always howled during the full moon....though that might have been because he was convinced he was a werewolf! Made for some very interesting times!

 

[oggbashan]

The moon affects the height of tides.

Living next to the sea, I can see the effect every day.

Og

 

[MagicaPractica]

According to a psych professor I had, go sit outside a mental hospital during a full moon and you'll soon see that it does. Of course, she had other nights for comparison so I would say as a lay person you should maybe check it out a few nights.

 

[Liar]

My neighbor had a pen of rabbits in the back yard when I was a kid.

A full or almost full moon on a clear night made them totally giddy. Probably because that was a little bit too much light to be thought of as night time for them.

Or maybe it was the Curse Of The Were-Rabbit.

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[damppanties]

This is as good a place to ask this question as any:

Is there any truth that a full moon exerts more/different power than a new moon?

I've heard for years how a full moon seems to call out all kinds of weirdness in people. I don't get it. The only difference between a full moon and new moon is the amount of light we can see reflected off it. Other than than, the moon is the same in distance, in size, in every other way! They even say that a full moon exerts greater tidal force? Why? What's going on here?

Curious.

About tides... I got curious enough to google about it. And here's what google said:

* The gravitational force of the moon is one ten-millionth that of earth, but when you combine other forces such as the earth's centrifugal force created by its spin, you get tides.

* The sun's gravitational force on the earth is only 46 percent that of the moon. Making the moon the single most important factor for the creation of tides.

* The sun's gravity also produces tides. But since the forces are smaller, as compared to the moon, the effects are greatly decreased.

* Tides are not caused by the direct pull of the moon's gravity. The moon is pulling upwards on the water while the earth is pulling downward. Slight advantage to the moon and thus we have tides.

* Whenever the Moon, Earth and Sun are aligned, the gravitational pull of the sun adds to that of the moon causing maximum tides.

* Spring tides happen when the sun and moon are on the same side of the earth (New Moon) or when the sun and moon are on opposite sides of the earth (Full Moon).

* When the Moon is at first quarter or last quarter phase (meaning that it is located at right angles to the Earth-Sun line), the Sun and Moon interfere with each other in producing tidal bulges and tides are generally weaker; these are called neap tides.

* Spring tides and neap tide levels are about 20% higher or lower than average.

* Offshore, in the deep ocean, the difference in tides is usually less than 1.6 feet

* The surf grows when it approaches a beach, and the tide increases. In bays and estuaries, this effect is amplified. (In the Bay of Fundy, tides have a range of 44.6 ft.)

* The highest tides in the world are at the Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia, Canada.

* Because the earth rotates on its axis the moon completes one orbit in our sky every 25 hours (Not to be confused with moon's 27 day orbit around the earth), we get two tidal peaks as well as two tidal troughs. These events are separated by about 12 hours.

* Since the moon moves around the Earth, it is not always in the same place at the same time each day. So, each day, the times for high and low tides change by 50 minutes.

* The type of gravitational force that causes tides is know as "Tractive" force.

 

[oggbashan]

An addition to Drippy Drawers' post:

Where I live, beside the sea, in winter the air temperature can increase by 1 degree C when the tide is in, and drop again when the tide is out.

In summer, the tide coming in across large stretches of sun-warmed "sand" is much warmer than at High Tide. That makes swimming feasible when the water might otherwise be too cold.

Og