Do we weigh less when the tide is out?

Answer 1

No, your wt. is based on Earth's gravitational pull on your mass, not, the Moon's. You may argue the fact that the brain sits in fluid, and there is a gravitational pull on it during "NEW" and "FULL" moons. This can be proven by asking "Police", and "sanitarium" workers about this phenomenon, it's called a LUNA-tic !

Answer 2

Our weight does vary as a result of the same mechanism that causes tides, but it's not correct to say that we weigh less when the tide is out. The tides are caused by the Earth rotating so that different parts of the surface face the Moon at different times. The Earth elongates very slightly along a line pointing at the Moon, which means that the maximum tidal effect is experienced when your location directly faces the Moon, but also when your location faces directly away from the Moon. That is why high tide occurs twice a day instead of just once. Because the Earth's oceans are not bound by structural integrity, they are more free to move in response to these forces than is the Earth's actual surface.

However, there is a delay in tidal response. High tide does not occur at your local shore at the same time as the tidal effect is maximal in your location. Instead, the tides originate in the Southern Ocean, the only place on Earth where a wave can travel around the planet uninterupted. The tide then moves northward, taking as much as two days to reach the North Sea.

Meanwhile, the Moon absolutely does attract you with its gravity, but this force is much, much smaller than the force of gravity due to the Earth. It would take a very sensitive instrument to measure it, because it is on the order of 1/250,000 the force of Earth's gravity. But it is there nonetheless. It makes you lighter when the Moon is above you (pulling you away from Earth's center), and heavier when the Moon is on the opposite side of the Earth (pulling in the same direction as the planet's center). Remember, high tide occurs when the Moon is in either of these positions. So ignoring the time delay of the tides, you are sometimes heavier at high tide and sometimes lighter at high tide. Low tide occurs when the Moon is at right angles to your location, and the effect doesn't act in the same direction as gravity.

Answer 3

no because the water is still on the earth and it still weighs the same

Answer 4

Yes, because the moon is exerting its own pull on our planet, and therefore on us too.

Answer 5

we probley do because we float when the water is high wehn it is lower it puts more weight on our feet

Answer 6

Not at all

Answer 7

no