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FULL MOON MYTHS AND FACTS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW

Added on: 30th Dec 2016

 

THE FULL MOON IS OFTEN THOUGHT OF AS AN

EVENT OF A FULL NIGHT'S DURATION, BUT THIS

IS MISLEADING BECAUSE THE MOON SEEN

FROM EARTH IS CONTINUOUSLY BECOMING LARGER

OR SMALLER (THOUGH MUCH TOO SLOWLY

TO NOTICE WITH THE NAKED EYE). ITS

ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM SIZE OCCURS AT THE

MOMENT WHEN THE EXPANSION HAS STOPPED

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AS THE FULL MOON OCCURS EVERY 29.5 DAYS,

FEBRUARY IS THE ONLY MONTH THAT CAN

OCCUR WITHOUT A FULL MOON. ALL OF THE

OTHER MONTHS ARE GUARANTEED TO

WITNESS AT LEAST ONE FULL MOON

February

 

 

WHEN THE FULL MOON COINCIDES WITH THE

MOON´S CLOSEST APPROACH TO EARTH ON ITS

ELLIPTICAL ORBIT, A RARE PHENOMENON KNOWN

AS THE SUPERMOON OCCURS. THE MOST RECENT

OCCURRENCE OF THIS PHENOMENON WAS ON

SEPTEMBER 27–28, 2015, WHILE THE NEXT TIME

WILL BE IN 2033

supermoon

 

 

THE FULL MOON IS OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH

TEMPORAL INSOMNIA. IN THE PAST, THE

REASON WAS OBVIOUS; PEOPLE DID NOT SLEEP

WELL DURING THE FULL MOON DUE TO THE

BRIGHT LIGHT IT EMITTED. THESE DAYS,

HOWEVER, WITH ALL THE ARTIFICIAL LIGHTS

AROUND US, THE FULL MOON´S LIGHT CAN

HARDLY BE THE CAUSE OF THE SLEEP

DEPRIVATION THAT MANY PEOPLE STILL SUFFER

FROM DURING THIS LUNAR PHASE

insomnia

 

 

IT IS SOMETIMES CLAIMED THAT SURGEONS USED

TO REFUSE TO OPERATE DURING THE FULL MOON

BECAUSE OF THE INCREASED RISK OF DEATH OF

THE PATIENT THROUGH BLOOD LOSS. A

STUDY CARRIED OUT IN BARCELONA FOUND A

STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT CORRELATION

BETWEEN LUNAR PHASE AND HOSPITAL

ADMISSIONS DUE TO GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING

surgeons

 

 

THE FULL MOON IS CONSIDERED UNLUCKY IF IT

OCCURS ON SUNDAY BUT LUCKY IF IT OCCURS

ON MONDAY. IN FACT, THE NAME OF MONDAY IS

DERIVED FROM OLD ENGLISH “MONANDAEG” AND

MIDDLE ENGLISH “MONENDAY,” WHICH MEAN

"MOON DAY."

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THE FULL MOON HAS BEEN THOUGHT TO CAUSE

INSANITY AND EVEN MORE FAMOUSLY,

LYCANTHROPY. ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR

BELIEFS WAS THAT A MAN OR WOMAN COULD

TURN INTO A WEREWOLF IF HE OR SHE, ON A

CERTAIN WEDNESDAY OR FRIDAY, SLEPT

OUTSIDE ON A SUMMER NIGHT WITH THE FULL

MOON SHINING DIRECTLY ON HIS OR HER FACE

werewolf

 

 

THE RAF (ROYAL AIR FORCE) USED THE LIGHT

EMITTED BY THE FULL MOON TO LAUNCH

THEIR ATTACK ON THE GERMAN CITY OF

LUBECK DURING WORLD WAR II ON THE

SATURDAY NIGHT OF 28 MARCH

Royal Air Force

 

 

DOGS ARE KNOWN TO BARK AND HOWL MORE

DURING THE FULL MOON, BUT THEY MIGHT ALSO

BE MORE AGGRESSIVE. A STUDY CARRIED OUT

BY THE BRADFORD ROYAL INFIRMARY (A

TEACHING HOSPITAL) FOUND THAT DOG BITES

ARE UP TO TWICE AS COMMON DURING A

FULL MOON THAN ON OTHER NIGHTS

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