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How do the sun and moon affect the tides?​

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The Sun causes tides just like the Moon does, although they are somewhat smaller. When the earth, Moon, and Sun line up—which happens at times of full Moon or new Moon—the lunar and solar tides reinforce each other, leading to more extreme tides, called spring tides.

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