How DO the sun and the moon pull to cause neap tides?

Question

The sun and the moon DO NOT pull in OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS duing a neap tide. How DO the sun and the moon pull to cause neap tides?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Spring tides occur when the Sun, Earth, and Moon are in a more-or-less straight line (even when the moon is on the opposite side of the Earth from the Sun). Neap tides are the result of the angle being 90 degrees, with the Earth at the vertex. For example, on March 21 or December 21, the Sun is directly above the equator. If it is above the Zero meridian and the Moon is above the +90 or -90 meridian, then you would get a neap tide.

Answer 3

Actually its more of a sun-moon push phenomena than a pull phenomena.

Answer 4

They are perpendicular. Go to the website below.

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/moon/Tides.shtml