“The earth tilts when the moon hits far end of earth during moonset and that’s why there is low tide. A high tide happens during moonrise when the moon drags it up slightly.”
Comment on xkcd #3135: Sea Level
warm@kbin.earth 1 week agoThey'll just say the moon pulls the water around as it circles above the flat disc or something idk
frog@feddit.uk 1 week ago
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 1 week ago
But the moon alone doesn’t orbit at the same rate as the tides