Moon Phases and Weather

Title: Moon Phases and Weather
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Moon Phases and Weather

Do Moon Phases Affect Weather? From any location on the Earth, the Moon appears to be a circular disk which, at any specific time, is illuminated to some degree by direct sunlight. Like the Earth, the Moon is a sphere which is always half illuminated by the Sun, but as the Moon orbits the Earth we get to see more or less of the illuminated half. During each lunar orbit (a lunar month), we see …showed first 75 words of 294 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 294 total…most frequently in the week between the New Moon and 1st Quarter and the week between Full Moon and Last Quarter. This is partly due to the moon phases’ effects on tides. Although the chance of rain just before the Full Moon is very low, the days could be overcast and cooler. The days before the 1st Quarter and the Last Quarter should be warmer than the days before the New Moon or Full Moon.

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