thus the moon really affect the tides?

Answer 1

absolutely.....it's all about gravity.

Answer 2

Quite definitely. If you want a good explanation, see if your library has the Blue Planet series of DVD's. There's one that talks about this. It's really very fascinating.

I'll never forget one New Year's I spent the evening at the inlet in Florida where the Loxahatchee River connects to the ocean. My friend's friends owned this boat dock. It always had a 1/2 dozen boats docked there and they were always in water that was plenty deep. That night there was the right combination of low tide and full moon that all the water pulled out to sea at once and the boats were sitting on dry land. We walked clean around them. And the full moon took up the entire sky to the east- it was gorgeous!

The kind of thing you have to see to believe!

Answer 3

The moon, which incidently really is the meteor that "killed the dinosaurs," is actually a quarter the size of Earth, so carrying enough gravimetric pull to affect the tides on Earth regularly.

Answer 4

yes. from the gravitational force of the moon. but not just moon, the sun also affects tides, although weaker.

Answer 5

absolutely yes.
the moon is pretty close and its gravity is 1 sixth that of earth's
so it has considerable effect on the sea and tides

Answer 6

yeh- i had to do a research project last year on the moon... talk about fun!!! jk

Answer 7

u practically observe and tell me boss..its true.

Answer 8

aha....bec of gravitational pull..

Answer 9

I hope so........