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How many neap tides and spring tides are there every month

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Answer:

2 neap tides & 2 spring tides in each lunar month.

Step-by-step explanation:

Each lunar month has 2 neap tides and 2 spring tides, this is because each lunar month has 1 new-moon and one full-moon phase that results in spring tide whereas after seven days of spring tide the sun, the earth and the moon form a right angle leading to a neap tide.

  • Spring tides occur as the highest high tides when the sun, the moon and the earth are in the same straight line.
  • Neap tides are the tides when there is lowest difference between the low tides and the high tides of the day.
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