The tides on our planet greatly depend on the moon. Who would've thought that these two extremely different things could be affecting each other? The moon affects the times and heights of the tides. The tides are drawn towards the moon. The water moves like a giant wave, gravitating toward the moon. The moons pull is the strongest during a new moon because the moon is in front of the sun causing the largest gravitational pull on the oceans. During a full moon the tides are at their lowest because the sun and moon are on each side of the globe causing an almost equal gravitational pull on the ocean. Unfortunately, I am not able to find my graph of the moon and tides at the moment, but I have found one on the internet for now.
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