Why is the gravitational pull of the moon stronger than the suns?

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

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.

Answer 3

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.

Answer 4

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.