This diagram shows how the Moon appears to change shape as it orbits (circles) the Earth due to which part of it is facing the Sun. When the lit area of the Moon we see is getting bigger each day ...

You might think that, because the length of the tide cycle is determined by the Earth's rotation ... moon is new and full? Although tides are affected mainly by the moon's gravity, gravity from ...

tides are indeed related to the motion of the moon (and to a lesser extent, the sun).* Two oceanic bulges—one on the side of the Earth facing the moon and the other on the side opposite from the ...