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Which of the following pictures shows the position of the earth, moon, and sun during a neap tide?

Which of the following pictures shows the position of the earth, moon, and sun during-example-1
Which of the following pictures shows the position of the earth, moon, and sun during-example-1
Which of the following pictures shows the position of the earth, moon, and sun during-example-2
Which of the following pictures shows the position of the earth, moon, and sun during-example-3
Which of the following pictures shows the position of the earth, moon, and sun during-example-4

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I believe that the first picture shows the moon's, etc. correct position during a neap tide
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User Soloturn
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The first picture is the one that shows the position of the Earth, Moon and Sun during a neap tide, as in that pictures those astronomical objects are forming a right angle.

The neap tide is the phenomenon of the tide occurred when the positions of the Moon, the Earth and the Sun form a right angle (90 degrees). In this case, the effects of the lunar and solar gravitational attraction are counteracted, and the high tide is lower than usual.

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