13 FAQs about Lunar Tides (The Astronomy Cafe)

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  1. Why are there no ocean tides at the equator?
  2. Why are ocean tides so different everywhere?
  3. Exactly how did the Earth and Moon get locked into synchrony?
  4. How is it that the Sun tide is 46 percent of the Moon tide?
  5. Exactly how does tidal friction cause the lunar orbit to change?
  6. How do you calculate the magnitude of the lunar tidal bulge?
  7. Why aren't the Atlantic and Pacific coast tides the same?
  8. When will the Proxigean Tides arrive between 1999-2020?
  9. What is a Proxigean Spring Tide?
  10. If the Moon were to escape, what would happen to the earth's oceans?
  11. Why does the Moon produce TWO water tides on the earth and not just one?
  12. What causes the tides?
  13. When the Earth, Sun and Moon are aligned, are the Spring Tides highest at New or Full Moon?

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