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Hi all.
Around here, the term "good friday's ebb tide" refers to the belief that the sea level on the low ebb on good friday (which happen very close to the full moon) is particularly low. This good friday, there were way more people along the beaches than normal, which got me thinking. The question is: While there is a significant difference between the tidal levels between full and half moon (the high tide is significantly higher and the low tides are significantly lower at full moon than at half moon), are there any tidal differences between full and new moon? The gravitational pull of the sun and moon work colinearly but in opposite directions at full moon. They work colinearly in the same diraction at new moon. Is this difference significant? Rune |
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