Spring Tides

In a discussion of tides recently it was asserted that the spring tides
occurring at the full moon always had a bigger range than those at the new
moon.
I don't know the answer, but I expect some guru on URS will............. I
await!

I think it's been asked before, but where do the terms "spring" & "neap"
come from

In a discussion of tides recently it was asserted that the spring tides
occurring at the full moon always had a bigger range than those at the new
moon. I don't know the answer, but I expect some guru on URS
will............. I await!

Yokel wrote:
> "Duncan Heenan" <duncanheenan@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:43871bbd$1_3@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com...
> | In a discussion of tides recently it was asserted that the spring tides
> | occurring at the full moon always had a bigger range than those at the new
> | moon. I don't know the answer, but I expect some guru on URS
> | will............. I await!
> |
>
> In general, the tides at new and full moon are not equal, but sometimes it
> is range at new moon which is larger, sometimes that at full.
>
> I cannot remember seeing a full explanation, but the main cause is most
> likely to be the eccentricity of the moon's orbit. The moon's distance from
> us varies significantly through the month and this would result in a
> variation of the gravitational force which produces the tides.

There also is a suntide , and you have to add both,
that gives you all sorts of levels, because they are
not in sync(sun 1 day, moon 1/28th different).
Suntide is < moontide, so the summ is mainly locked
to the moon.
I do not think that the shape of the moon orbit
has much influence.

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