Do full moons cause erratic behavior?

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The full moon doesn’t cause erratic behavior, despite historical superstitions. The moon is unrelated to crimes and psychiatric problems, according to astronomers and psychologists.

The moon, especially the full moon, doesn’t cause erratic behavior, according to scientists. Throughout history strange behavior and superstitions have been associated with full moons. Murderers in 18th-century England could receive a lesser sentence by claiming that the full moon caused their behavior. Astronomers and psychologists who study the effects of human behavior and full moons have found that the moon is completely unrelated to events such as crimes and psychiatric problems.

More about the moon:

Only one side of the moon is visible from Earth as the Moon takes exactly the same time to rotate on its axis as it takes to rotate around the Earth.
The moon is slowly moving away from the Earth at a rate of about 3.8 cm each year.
The moon experiences earthquakes due to the gravitational pull of the Earth. Astronauts visiting the moon have used seismographs and observed small earthquakes that cause cracks and cracks along the lunar surface.




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