Question

Describe the relative positions of earth, the moon, and the sun for a spring tide and for a neap tide

Answer 1

Position of the Earth, Moon, and Sun during Spring and Neap Tide, 1891. ... "When the sun and moon act simultaneously, on the same hemisphere of the earth, as shown in Fig. 74, the tidal wave is higher than usual. The flood tides are then highest, and the ebb tides lowest. These are called spring tides.