The Moon's gravity affects everything on Earth. The best example of this is tides. Tides and ebbs occur twice a day on the earth in accordance with the orbit of the moon. The moon is closer to us than the sun. Hence, the attraction of the moon causes the sea water to swell or rise. This condition is called tide.

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Due to the rotation of the earth and the moon, this rising water falls is called tide. But the interesting thing is that the moon's approaching or moving away from the earth affects our body. When directly overhead, the Moon's gravitational force acts against the Earth. As a result, I feel lighter. But it is very little. Only one millionth of our weight feels light. The impact of these changes on human sleep is very unlikely.

But the moon can disturb our sleep in other ways. A group of researchers from Yale University in Connecticut, the University of Washington in Washington DC and the National University of Quimes in Argentina conducted a study on human sleep in 2021. Research is conducted in a variety of environments. As the students of Seattle University in the US were part of it, so were the people of the remote countryside of Argentina. It has been seen that things like having or not having electricity do not play any role in the results.

According to these researchers, the position of the moon affects our sleep. According to them, due to the change in the intensity of the moonlight, we have some sleep problems. When the moonlight is intense, it affects the release of two hormones in our body called cortisol and melatonin.

Both of these hormones regulate our circadian rhythm. Circadian rhythms can literally be called 'body clocks'. It regulates our sleep. When the circadian rhythm is altered, sleep is no longer normal. As a result, men sleep less than 21 minutes and women sleep less than 12 minutes during the period between the dark side of the moon and the dark side of the moon.

However, three researchers from the University of Gothenburg in Sweden, Michael Smith, Ilona Kroy and Kirstin Persson have done another study on the way. In their published research paper, it has been revealed that people sleep about 25 minutes less during the full moon night. And on the night of the new moon, it takes an average of 30 minutes longer to enter REM sleep, the deep stage of sleep that people dream of, than at other times. That is, roughly speaking, whether it's a new moon or a full moon, both cause some disruption to people's sleep.