Okay, I can already see the confusion. What in the world does the tide have to do with the Moon, Earth and Sun? Well, would you believe that the tides are actually caused by the pull of gravity? It's true! All that water here on Earth actually reacts to the gravitational pull of the moon and the sun.
The moon has the most influence on the tide, because it's closer. So the position of the moon determines where the high tide will be each day. The moon pulls the water toward it, causing a high tide. There will also be a corresponding high tide on the opposite side of the earth .
The moon has the most influence on the tide, because it's closer. So the position of the moon determines where the high tide will be each day. The moon pulls the water toward it, causing a high tide. There will also be a corresponding high tide on the opposite side of the earth .
The earth experiences two low tides and two high tides each day, as the moon makes its full revolution around the earth. There are also other names that describe what kind of high or low tide the earth is experiencing.
During a spring tide, high tides will be at their highest and low tides will be at the lowest. During neap tides, the pull isn't as strong, so you get high tides that don't actually rise as high as normal and low tides that don't sink as far as normal.