{"id":5181,"date":"2021-06-04T17:35:26","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T12:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nuawoman.com\/blog\/?p=5181"},"modified":"2026-01-29T14:34:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T09:04:42","slug":"debunking-myth-menstrual-cycles-are-in-sync-with-moon-cycles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nuawoman.com\/blog\/debunking-myth-menstrual-cycles-are-in-sync-with-moon-cycles\/","title":{"rendered":"Myth: Menstrual cycles are in sync with moon cycles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Menstruation is said to be coined from the Greek word meaning month (mensis) and moon (mene). It is commonly believed that <a href=\"https:\/\/nuawoman.com\/blog\/category\/menstruation\/\" class=\"ek-link\">menstrual cycles<\/a> and moon phases have a correlation and they sync up because of similarities in duration (approximately one month). Correlation or coincidence?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Let\u2019s debunk the myth.&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.nuawoman.com\/blog\/DM6.png\" alt=\"Menstrual cycles phases and Moon cycles\" width=\"591\" height=\"1506\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nuawoman.com\/blog\/free-period-tracker-apps-iphone-android\/\">Tracking your periods<\/a> helps understand your unique period patterns and maintain a calendar for your menstrual cycle. Take a look at all our menstrual products <a href=\"https:\/\/nuawoman.com\/\" class=\"ek-link\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Through \u2018Debunking Myths\u2019, we acknowledge period myths and expose them with verified facts. Let\u2019s debunk more period myths&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/nuawoman.com\/blog\/category\/menstruation\/debunking-myths\/\"><em>here<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Menstruation is said to be coined from the Greek word meaning month (mensis) and moon (mene). It is commonly believed&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":5183,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":1,"_editorskit_typography_data":[],"_editorskit_blocks_typography":"","_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","footnotes":""},"categories":[226,211],"tags":[699,728,40,757],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nuawoman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5181"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nuawoman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nuawoman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nuawoman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/70"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nuawoman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5181"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/nuawoman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5181\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7285,"href":"https:\/\/nuawoman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5181\/revisions\/7285"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nuawoman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nuawoman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nuawoman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nuawoman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}