Effect of the Moon
More births at full moon
Refuted
Millions of births, no lunar rhythm.
The evidence
564 039 births in North Carolina over 62 lunar cycles showed no effect of the phase. 4 071 669 births in south-western Germany, 1966 to 2003, showed no lunar rhythm either.
Key studies
- The effect of the lunar cycle on frequency of births and birth complications No link between the phase of the Moon and births or their complications.
- Lunar cycle and the number of births: A spectral analysis of 4,071,669 births from South‐Western Germany No lunar rhythm at all in the daily number of births.