Facts & Figures…

there is data to support The Eternal Eclipse Initiative

Calls to the fire department

According to the data, the Waning Gibbous is a problem.
Not a cause, per se, but statistically… vibes-adjacent.

Is this correlation? Causation? Lunar judgment? Impossible to say. What is clear is that the Waning Gibbous once again emerges as the most suspicious phase—looming quietly above the noise, smugly outperforming its peers.

Radar chart illustrating different phases of the moon, including New Moon, Waxing Crescent, First Quarter, Waxing Gibbous, Full Moon, Waning Gibbous, Last Quarter, Waning Crescent, with data plotted in yellow.

Animal trap injuries

Apparently, people use animal traps and they are dangerous. Sending folks to the Emergency Department.

Animal trap injuries occur about 53% more often than expected during the waning gibbous phase compared to an even (random) distribution across all moon phases. Coincidence? Confirmation Bias? False Correlation? Nope. The Moon.

A circular chart showing the different phases of a lunar cycle, with percentage labels. The phases include New Moon, Waxing Crescent, First Quarter, Waxing Gibbous, Full Moon, Waning Gibbous, Last Quarter, and Waning Crescent, each represented by different shades of gray and yellow.

Angry Staten Island dogs

During 2024, Staten Island residents were 15% more likely to suffer a dog bite during a Waning Gibbous than during the average of other moon phases.

The chart is nearly impossible to interpret. The colors argue with each other. The legend offers no comfort. Still, the conclusion emerges somehow.

The Waning Gibbous is present.
And the dogs of Staten Island, apparently, can tell.

A diagram of the lunar cycle showing different moon phases with color-coded sections labeled Waxing Crescent, First Quarter, Last Quarter, Waxing Gibbous, New Moon, Full Moon, Waning Crescent, and Waning Gibbous.

NFL home team win %

Home teams win most often during First Quarter Moon games, posting a 60% win rate, roughly five to six points higher than during the lowest-performing moon phases.

This analysis does not control for team strength, travel distance, or scheduling effects, and should be interpreted as descriptive.

Reptile plane strikes

Reptiles near an airport during the Waning Gibbous are in danger. Just look at the data. Does this visualization prove much? Undecided. Does it strongly imply the moon is complicit? Unquestionably.

Snakes, in particular, are most vulnerable during a waxing crescent. Irrespective, this is grounds alone to replace the moon. Wouldn’t you agree?

A heatmap chart showing strike count data for different phases of the moon alongside cartoon illustrations of animals including a crocodile, snake, two frogs, a turtle, and a turtle at the bottom.

Dancing related injuries

During a Waning Gibbous, women experience dancing-related injuries at roughly 3.5 times the rate of men. By injury, we mean heading to the Emergency Department. This is true.

The data provides no explanation. No context. Just a warning. Do not dance during a Waning Gibbous.

The Waning Gibbous does not dance. It watches.

A chart comparing moon phases with various quantities represented by horizontal bars, with icons of the moon phases and small astronauts and dancers at the top.

Worldwide Coup d’Etats

When coup activity is aggregated across outcomes — including successful seizures of power, failed attempts, and conspiracies — more than one quarter (27%) cluster during a crescent moon.

The chart above offers no causal explanation and little visual clarity. Still, the pattern consolidates. Activity increases during periods of partial illumination, when certainty is forming but not complete.

The crescent is a transitional phase.
Apparently, much like power.

A layered area chart showing the progression of moon phases, with different shades indicating conspiracy, attempted, and successful stages, over the eight moon phases labeled at the bottom from New Moon to Waning Crescent.