...are coincident — that is, the sun and moon are acting in concert — and the consequence will be that the tides about this time will rise higher and...each other When this latter condition obtains, their actiun U antagonistic, and we have a tide that never rise* so high nor falls so low as in the former...

...concert ; and the consequence will be that the tides about this time will rise higher and fall lower than when the Sun and Moon are at right angles to each other. When the latter condition obtains, their action is antagonistic, and we have a tide that never rises so...

...conjunction, or in a straight line ; and the neap tide is caused by the moon being in quadrature, or when the sun and moon are at right angles to each other. They counteract each other's influence, and our tides are therefore low. So much is science ; but the...

...are produced, which are then known as spring tides. Again, the two forces tend to minimize each other when the sun and moon are at right angles to each other: at such times the tidal effects are least, which are then known as neap tides. Since the moon revolves...

...than the average at high-water, and falls lower "r* ^*~s than the average at low-water or ebb-tide. When the Sun and Moon are at right angles to each other, or In quadrature, the tide is produced by the difference of their forces, and is consequently SUN AND...

...average; these tides, called spring tides, occur at new and full moon. At first- and third-quarter moon, when the sun and moon are at right angles to each other with respect to the earth, the sun's effect on the tides partially cancels the effect of the moon;...

...the year but with the Anglo-Saxon word "to jump," which we also use for certain mechanical devices). When the sun and moon are at right angles to each other, one week later, the tidal forces of the sun partially cancel those of the moon, and the result is tides...

...is one-quarter full (when you can see one-half of its circumference reflecting sunlight to earth), the sun and moon are at right angles to each other when viewed from earth. This arrangement causes the gravitational effect of the sun to cancel part of that...

...Moon is in the same portion of the sky as the Sun or when the Moon is directly opposite to the Sun. When the Sun and Moon are at right angles to each other, the twin tidal bulges will not coincide. When the tidal bulges do coincide, we have extra large tides...

...the full and new moons. The lowest high tides of the month are neap tides. They occur at half moons, when the sun and moon are at right angles to each other. LIST 16-1 Tide patterns and plant life Northeast marshes around Jacksonville Tide Pattern: Twice a...