When the moon is high in the sky, it creates bulges in the planet’s atmosphere that creates imperceptible changes in the amount of rain that falls below. Image: Satellite data over the tropics, ...

This effect is also based on how close the moon is to the Earth, because closer objects have more pull. We see higher tides ...

For centuries, people have blamed the full moon for stirring up madness. Folklore suggested that its glow could spark mania ...

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