Does the pull of the sun cause tides?

Answer 1

No. Eclipses are simply shadows; they don't really affect anything.

However, we do know that since eclipses only occur at full moons or new moons, an eclipse always coincides with a "spring tide".

Answer 2

Nothing has much of a "tidal effect" on humans; we're too small to experience tidal forces. In order for something the size of a man to experience tidal forces, you'd have to be in a close orbit around a neutron star or something.

Answer 3

The Sun raises tides, just as the Moon does. The Sun is much more massive than the Moon, but it's also much further away. Between the two factors, the Sun's overall impact on the tides is about half that of the Moon. Also, the Sun's contribution comes in at about the same time of day for any given location (because the Sun's position is more or less the definition of "time of day").

When the Sun, Moon, and Earth are in more or less a straight line (New Moon or Full Moon), the tides from the Sun and Moon add up, so the tides show more difference between high and low tide than they do when the Sun, Moon, and Earth are in an L arrangement (First and Last Quarter). The smaller tides at those times are called "neap tides", and the bigger ones at New and Full Moon are called "spring tides".

Answer 4

To a very small degree yes, but the main cause for tides is the moon and the centrifgual force of the Earth. The moon pulls at the earths oceans just as the spin of the earth causes them to bulge a little, when the moon and sun are on the same side we have very high and low tides.

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Answer 5

The Moon. However, the Sun also has some influence; so when the Sun and Moon are aligned, the tides are stronger.

Answer 6

they are influenced more by the moon

The Sun is farther from Earth than the Moon is.

Answer 7

The Moon's mass and distance are what affects the tides. The Moon's rotation doesn't figure in to the equation.

Answer 8

The moon affects the tides more than the sun, without the Moon, we'd have no waves.

Answer 9

The Moon influences tides far more than the Sun does. The Sun is much larger - but much farther away.

Answer 10

Well the moon does most of the work, and the sun is so far away it has very little influence. Hope I helped:D