Re: Full moon and tides

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From: Dave Seaman
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 17:32

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In article <1992Dec14.153154.22191@newsgate.sps.mot.com>  
markm@bigfoot.sps.mot.com (Mark Monninger) writes:
> Over the weekend, I heard a network news commentator say that high winds  
> and a full moon caused (or made worse) the higher-than-usual tide that  
> caused so much damage along the northeast coast. What does a full moon  
> have to do with it? 

Both the moon and the sun have an effect on tides. The moon's effect is  
larger because it is so much closer.

When there is a full moon or a new moon, the sun and moon combine their  
effects and produce higher-than-usual tides, called "spring tides." When  
the moon is at first or last quarter, the sun partially cancels the moon's  
effect and produces "neap tides."

--
Dave Seaman
ags@seaman.cc.purdue.edu

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