Number 220 (Story #2), April 3, 1995 by Phillip F. Schewe and Ben Stein DURING A FULL MOON Earth's average global temperature is 0.02 K warmer than during a new moon. Robert Balling and Randall Cerveny at Arizona State were able to correlate daily measurements of global temperature for the period 1979 to 1994 with the 29.53-day lunar cycle. The scientists assert that their results underscore both the accuracy of daily global temperature readings and the notion that the lunar phase needs to be considered in studies of short-term temperature variability on Earth. (Science, 10 Mar.)