How does the moon's gravitational pull affect our bodies/minds?

Question

It can affect something as massive as the ocean so I would think our watery selves would be affected.

Answer 1

The pull we feel from the moon's gravity is only about one millionth as big as what we feel from the earth. Gravity is inversely proportional to distance, so as you move away from an attracting object, you divide its pull by the square of your distance. The moon is far away compared to the earth. We also get a little pull from the sun and the other planets, but again, it's very, very tiny.

The tides seem pretty big, but if you compare a tide of ten feet to the size of the earth, which is thousands of miles wide, it's relatively small.

Answer 2

Simply that the mass of an astronaut is very small comared to the mass of the oceans therefore the force on them (weight) is much less. Newton's law of universal gravitation Isaac Newton's law of universal gravitation states the following: Every point mass attracts every other point mass by a force directed along the line connecting the two. This force is proportional to the product of the masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them: where: F is the magnitude of the (repulsive) gravitational force between the two point masses G is the gravitational constant m1 is the mass of the first point mass m2 is the mass of the second point mass r is the distance between the two point masses Assuming SI units, F is measured in newtons (N), m1 and m2 in kilograms (kg), r in metres (m), and the constant G is approximately equal to 6.67 × 10−11 N m2 kg−2 (newtons times meters squared per kilogram squared). It can be seen that the repulsive force F is always negative, which means that the net attractive force is positive. (This sign convention is adopted in order to be consistent with Coulomb's Law, where a positive force means repulsion between two charges.) The gravitational force of the moon is one ten-millionth that of earth, but when you combine other forces such as the earth's centrifugal force created by its spin, you get tides. The sun's gravitational force on the earth is only 46 percent that of the moon. Making the moon the single most important factor for the creation of tides. The sun's gravity also produces tides. But since the forces are smaller, as compared to the moon, the effects are greatly decreased. Tides are not caused by the direct pull of the moon's gravity. The moon is pulling upwards on the water while the earth is pulling downward. Slight advantage to the moon and thus we have tides.

Answer 3

Fact: a refridgerater magnet has a million times more force
than the gravity of the moon. There is no science that can conclusively explain the gravitational effects of the moon upon our bodies.
But in your question you DO ask about its affect on our minds.
If you think it affects other people including you,then it will.
Your mind will make it so.

Answer 4

The Moon's Gravity, while only one sixth the power of Earth's gravity plays a mysterious part in the workings of things here on the surface of the Earth. While the Earth';s gravity pulls down, the Moon's gravity pulls up and a little to this side or that side depending upon where it is in the sky.

Chockolate bars, for example...The Moon pulls all of the brown chocolate to the surface of the candy bar.

Car paint is another good example. When they spray it into the car at the factory it gets sprayed just everywhere in the car's metal. Yet after sitting outside in the moonlight for several months you will notice that all of the car paint is now just on the surface of the metal.

Eggs...I bet you never thought about Eggs as having been modified by the Moon, but they are. When laid the skins of Eggs is very soft and pliable. However, due to the force of gravity from the Moon, all the calcium in the Egg is pulled to the surface of the Egg where it dries of and gets hard, like a shell.

A lot of people are also afected by the Moon's gravity and tend to go a wee bit bonkers when we have full moons. Those periods of time are marked by brilliantly lit evenings when full "true" darkness is denied to us and some folks just cannot get enough good sleep. At those times the crazies get up and wander around looking for someone to take the blame for their uphappieness, and misery. The Moon's gravity has pulled a percentage of their intelligence right out of their skulls and what remains is less than a full load. People affected by full moons in this manner are easily spotted in the morning when everyone else is awake and ready to go... Moon sick people are still staggering around looking for their socks and underwear; often holding their heads in pain.

Answer 5

It's not directly the *gravity* of the moon that causes the tides. It's the *difference in gravity* of the moon on different parts of the ocean. The Moon's gravity is different over different parts of the ocean because of the differences in distance to the moon.

There are is no difference in gravity between your feet and the moon and your head and the moon. So no tidal forces on you.

Answer 6

You think incorrectly: it has no effect at all.

Why not work out the Moon's gravitational pull on objects on Earth and compare the resulting numbers to other forces. Don't forget the zeros!

(added later)

Earth's gravitational force on me = 980 N
Moon's gravitational force on me = 0.003 N

How can such a tiny force make any difference? How would you even measure it?

Answer 7

People tend to find what they look for.

If you check carefully, you'll find people act "looney" in every phase of the Moon.

Your car probably has more gravitational pull on you than the Moon - it weighs a lot less, but it's 250,000 miles closer to you.

Answer 8

You quite right in thinking that. The word Lunacy meaning madness is derived from the word 'Lunar' meaning moon. I don't have any statistics to support the theory, but supposedly more crimes are comitted on a full moon. Of course this has been covered in popular culture and fiction extensively with werewolves and such like. But there is something eerie about a full moon and people might not turn into rabid Were-monsters but they might turn into Lunar - tics.

Answer 9

no, not really. studies have shown that while some people think it effects us it really doesnt.