Guest Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 All of our expenditions that we go on the Mogollon Rim Az, we stay clear of the full moon phases. Nothing moves at all. Its kinda of strange and errie nothing moving. Very quite except a coyote now and then. Most of the activity occurs when its complete darkness. We do complete black outs now around camp and the area we travel through at night, then we seem to draw the activity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TexasTracker Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 CMB... where would that be ? what part of the country friend? CG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyO Posted September 26, 2012 SSR Team Share Posted September 26, 2012 (edited) 468 BFRO Reports says : Total New Moon 62 - 13% Total Waxing Crescent 67 - 14% Total First Quarter 40 - 9% Total Waxing Gibbous 62 - 13% Total Full Moon 53 - 11% Total Waning Gibbous 44 - 9% Total Last Quarter 69 - 15% Total Waning Crescent 71 - 15% Edited September 26, 2012 by BobbyO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMBigfoot Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 Texas Tracker that would be the Molalla River and Abiqua Creek areas of Western Oregon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigantor Posted September 26, 2012 Admin Share Posted September 26, 2012 (edited) Here are the stats BobbyO posted in chart form, I'm going to add it to the SSR database, it looks better. Edited September 26, 2012 by gigantor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Boolywooger Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 So last quarter thru waxing crescent looks like the time to be out. This matches my own experience. I've always gotten better audio results during the dark of the moon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bipedalist Posted September 27, 2012 BFF Patron Share Posted September 27, 2012 Agreed. My active evenings out center around the crescent period and it tends not to let you down. Whether it is a significant difference really doesn't matter if it works for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BFSleuth Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 Thank you to BobbyO and Gigantor for showing the data available so far from the BFF database. My read of the statistics would indicate no statistical difference in moon phase for sightings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigantor Posted September 28, 2012 Admin Share Posted September 28, 2012 I agree, but those stats aren't localized, and they are for all classified reports. I wonder what they look like for a specific "hot spot" and for class A reports only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyO Posted September 28, 2012 SSR Team Share Posted September 28, 2012 Yep and bear in mind the numbers so far only equate to around 10% of just the BFRO Sighting, so still lots of time for change where these numbers are concerned and also like G says, they can be then localised which may show differences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MrMudder Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 But where does cloud coverage come into play at? For example, a full moon with an overcast, versus a new moon or first/last quarter moon with clear skies. There really isn't a large ratio of crystal clear skies in most areas. I've been primitive camping since Thursday along the river valley under a big moon (tonight is a full moon) but it's still been fairly dark at night due to some overcast, although it hasn't been much. Also, towns' and cities' lights come into play also depending on location. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 (edited) I played around with the graph a bit, showing a slight indirect proportionality of sightings and moonlight. Edited August 16, 2013 by OregonMan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIB Posted August 16, 2013 Moderator Share Posted August 16, 2013 Question - in that data, can you break it out by reports while the moon was visible vs reports while the moon was below the horizon? MIB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bipedalist Posted August 16, 2013 BFF Patron Share Posted August 16, 2013 Noticing slightly more activity new moon vs. full and rising activity surrounding both waxing/waning with less moon. Moon rise-set is available at: With a date, this site gives you moon rise/set: http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/RS_OneDay.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sasfooty Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 They seem to be more cautious when there is moonlight. I've noticed enough activity & noise on the night of the new moon & quarters to think they pay attention to the moon phases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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