No. Gravity is a function of mass, and since the sun is thousands of times bigger, the sun's gravitational force is abomany thousands of times greater. However, the moon is much closer to earth (a quarter of a million miles vs. 93,000,000 miles for the sun), so the moon's gravitational effect on the earth is much larger than the sun's gravitational effect on the earth.
This is why ocean tides resulting from the moon's gravitational pull are much higher than tides resulting from the sun's gravitational pull. One a month, when the sun and moon are aligned on the same side of the earth, will create the highest tides since the gravitational pull of both sun and moon are pulling in the same direction.
The moon's gravity is not stronger than the sun. Not only does the sun's greater pull, keep our earth in an orbit around itself, our gravity (because the moon is very close) keeps the moon in an orbit around the earth.
The Moon is closer. Tidal forces are strongly dependent on the distance (they are inversely proportional to the CUBE of the distance). By contrast, the force of gravity is inversely proportional to the square of the distance. As a result, the moon, which is much closer than the sun, has a stronger influence on tides despite being less massive.
There is only one sun which is near enough to the earth to exert any gravitational pull. The pull of the moon is stronger than the sun's because the sun is more than 400 times further away.
The moon has inertia and wants to keep going in a straight line but the earth has a larger gravitational pull and wants to pull the moon towards it. This causes the moon to circle or orbit the earth.
weather
Waves
photosphere
radiant
When the pull is stronger, they move quicker.
When the pull is stronger, they move quicker.
The Gravitational pull on the oceans is Partially canceled out by the suns Gravitational pull.
The Gravitational pull on the oceans is Partially canceled out by the suns Gravitational pull.
The Gravitational pull on the oceans is Partially canceled out by the suns Gravitational pull.
Even though the suns gravitational pull is stronger than the moons and does infact effect the tides slightly, the moon is close enough to pull the tides more than the sun. Its all distance related.
The suns gravitational pull.
The Suns gravitational pull.
A larger, more powerful tide to the side of the moon, and a weaker, smaller tide toward the sun
They stay in orbit because of the suns gravitational pull.
Neap tide
The suns gravitational pull forces them to move in one direction