# I know there's a full moon out there because **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 25, 2002, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-theres-a-full-moon-out-there-because/120734 "2002-07-25T10:31:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![The\_Mermaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@The\_Mermaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mermaid)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2002, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-theres-a-full-moon-out-there-because/120734/1 "2002-07-25T10:31:27Z")
I haven’t slept a wink all night. My two fearless[watchdogs](http://www.geocities.com/cindismojo/furbabies.html) have been up all night prowling around growling and snarling at the windows. I knew it was getting to me when I looked at the clock about 2:23 and threw a pillow at them while shouting “Shut up!!! It’s the same full moon that was there last month and will be there again in 4 more weeks and if you two don’t cease and desist this very minute I am going to drag your asses outside and lock you in the barn where you can howl at it all night long for all I care. I swear I’ll do it too. Don’t make me get out of this bed. I mean it now, not one more snarl.” Well really it was more like “shut up” but they knew what I meant. We have this conversation every 4 weeks. ---
**Author:** ![manwithaplan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@manwithaplan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manwithaplan)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2002, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-theres-a-full-moon-out-there-because/120734/2 "2002-07-25T11:27:08Z")
My six week old baby daughter, to date extremely well-behaved, was in a foul humour the night before last. I’m sure it was full moon fever. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2002, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-theres-a-full-moon-out-there-because/120734/3 "2002-07-25T11:34:02Z")
I got all of 2 hours sleep last night. I thought it was because I was overly involved in my latest Sue Grafton, but perhaps it was the moon after all! Tho once I finished the book and knew who-dun-it, I was able to go to sleep. Unfortunately, it was 2:30 in the morning, and I get up just before 5. Damned moon. ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2002, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-theres-a-full-moon-out-there-because/120734/4 "2002-07-25T15:11:00Z")
The moon has five phases: Full Half Gibbous (waxing and waning, I lump them together) New Klutz The Klutz phrase has no actual specific time frame nor logical progression. Nor warning for that matter. The moon has been in ‘klutz’ for me the past few days. Explains the several inexplicable bruises I’ve found, torn stockings, and burned chicken (Cajun-looking Teryaki, anyone?). ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2002, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-theres-a-full-moon-out-there-because/120734/5 "2002-07-25T15:20:50Z")
Klutz phase? That would explain the three bruises on my thighs. And I thought it was from where the dogs jumped on me. Obviously, there are greater forces at work. \ ---
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2002, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-theres-a-full-moon-out-there-because/120734/6 "2002-07-25T15:52:43Z")
I work in our county’s Protection From Abuse office. People go _insane_ when there’s a full moon. A guy in our office is a retired police officer, and he says he noticed the same thing when he was on duty. ---
**Author:** ![manwithaplan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@manwithaplan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manwithaplan)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-theres-a-full-moon-out-there-because/120734/7 "2002-07-26T08:29:39Z")
A former girlfriend was a nurse on the geriatric wards of a hospice. She said that the patients went round the twist with the arrival of the full moon. I’m not superstitious, religious or particularly spiritual so I’d be interested to see what science has had to say about this full moon business. ---
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-theres-a-full-moon-out-there-because/120734/8 "2002-07-26T09:46:25Z")
I thought I had the dog-goes-crazy during a full moon thing figured out. I notice that when the moon is full (or near full) I (and the dogs) can see all the little creatures of the night - the bunnies, the mice, the raccoons - all that are usually hidden under the cover of darkness. I can see them from the windows, I’m sure the mutts can too. Any unauthorized animal in the yard is grounds for frenzied barking. I dunno about the crazy people thing though. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-theres-a-full-moon-out-there-because/120734/9 "2002-07-26T11:39:27Z")
\ Doesn’t seem to be anything out of the ordinary happening here at **Chéz Toons**. The children were out back playing Alien Tag™ last night, the Wifestrocity was upstairs knitting a chicken with a vapid glazed masque upon her face, and I was either here immersed in fruitful and delighteful conversation with the **Ace Friend of All Time** , or sitting out on the back deck on my haunches, stripped naked, gnawing on an oak branch, watching the follicles along my arms and legs go bonkers and snarling at the bats. \ Just another average evening. Why? 😃 😃 😃 Cartooniverse ---
**Author:** ![belladonna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@belladonna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/belladonna)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-theres-a-full-moon-out-there-because/120734/10 "2002-07-26T11:47:52Z")
I work with animals (in a roundabout way) and the full moon never fails to cause an increase in rabbits freaking out, or dogs, like **Mermaid** ’s, deciding to howl for hours. And, **manwithaplan** , the head teacher at my son’s daycare absolutely insists that “full moon fever” is real in babies. She claims that they’re significantly crankier, more hostile and harder to control during the full moon. And she’s been dealing with babies for going on twenty-five years. 😕 You never know, I guess. But it’s pretty wild to read these posts and realize how many different people see it affecting. bella–_sloooowly backing away from **Cartooniverse** _ [sub]I’m sure someone will be along to tell us all about self-fufilling prophecies and selective recall before too much longer. Me–? I like a little magic in my month, even if if it’s only in my mind.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![belladonna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@belladonna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/belladonna)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-theres-a-full-moon-out-there-because/120734/11 "2002-07-26T11:50:22Z")
“…how many different **things** people see it affecting.” _sheeesh_ ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-theres-a-full-moon-out-there-because/120734/12 "2002-07-26T13:34:50Z")
My children are fighting with each other. Hurled insults, unreasonable demands, stubborn selfishness and the ever-present threat of physical violence. Having them live in different cities has worked well up to this week. Now I want to move to a third city and not tell them where. Next week they’ll go back to tolerating each other, but these past few days have not been fun. The customers at work have been whiney and unable to make decisions. ---
**Author:** ![Gazelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Gazelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazelle)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-theres-a-full-moon-out-there-because/120734/13 "2002-07-26T13:44:27Z")
Despite a craptacular illness that has screwed up my cycle the rest of the week, since the full moon I have slept like a rock and so has my doggie. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-theres-a-full-moon-out-there-because/120734/14 "2002-07-26T14:15:52Z")
Well, now that I’ve got an enduring mental image of **Cartooniverse** naked, squatting, and snarling, I think I shall go boil my brain in bleach. Can someone tell me - does drinking to excess really make you forget?? 😃 [sub]ya know I luvs ya, **Toons** [/sub] ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-theres-a-full-moon-out-there-because/120734/15 "2002-07-26T20:14:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by belladonna \* > \*\*And, **manwithaplan** , the head teacher at my son’s daycare absolutely insists that “full moon fever” is real in babies. She claims that they’re significantly crankier, more hostile and harder to control during the full moon. \*\* Why, that sounds like me during these past couple of days. Now I have an answer! ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-theres-a-full-moon-out-there-because/120734/16 "2002-07-26T22:28:43Z")
Well, what do you expect when you keep the _Hushpuppies of the Baskervilles_ in your house? ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-theres-a-full-moon-out-there-because/120734/17 "2002-07-26T22:56:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ElwoodCuse \* > \*\*I work in our county’s Protection From Abuse office. People go _insane_ when there’s a full moon. A guy in our office is a retired police officer, and he says he noticed the same thing when he was on duty. \*\* > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by manwithaplan \* > \*\*A former girlfriend was a nurse on the geriatric wards of a hospice. She said that the patients went round the twist with the arrival of the full moon. I’m not superstitious, religious or particularly spiritual so I’d be interested to see what science has had to say about this full moon business. \*\* No effect at all, says the Master: [Do things get crazy when the moon is full?](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_337.html) > [@](#): > > Just to make sure about all this, a pair of admittedly skeptical scientists (Rotton and Kelly, 1985) did what they called a “meta-analysis” of 37 studies of the moon’s effect on things like psychiatric admissions, suicides, crime, etc. They found that the moon accounted for no more than 3/100 of 1 percent of the monthly variation. > > … > > So how do we explain all those cops and emergency room nurses who believe in the lunar effect? Easy. Nobody notices when there’s a full moon and nothing happens–you only notice when something does happen. In other words, heads I win, tails don’t count. Case closed.