Full Moon Versus a Full Night's Rest

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People sleep less before a full moon

Posted by Kelly Whitt in HUMAN WORLD | MOON PHASES | February 25, 2021

Researchers find that whether you live in a rural or urban environment, your sleep patterns are affected by the full moon. On the nights leading up to full moon, people fall asleep later and sleep less overall.

 

In late January 2021, the peer-reviewed journal Science Advances published a study that does show a correlation between the moon cycle and the amount of sleep you’re getting. In other words – if it feels like you’re going to bed later on nights before a full moon, and sleeping less overall on full moon nights – you can now point to this study for scientific backing.

 

The study – conducted by scientists at the University of Washington, the National University of Quilmes in Argentina and Yale University – analyzed sleep patterns in two very different locales: first, the Toba/Qom communities of rural Argentina, where people have little to no access to artificial light sources, and second, a community of college students living in downtown Seattle, Washington.

 

Their results show that, even in urbanized locations where the full moon is drowned out by city lights, people’s sleep patterns are influenced by the phases of the moon.

 

Future sleep researchers will probe questions of the full moon’s effect on our circadian rhythms.

 

For now, if you find yourself tossing and turning on nights leading up to a full moon, no need to stress…you can blame the full moon.