called "neap tides". The Moon therefore influences the tides due to gravity, but the Sun's gravity and the Earth's rotation also modify the behavior of the tides.

During the full moon and new moon, when the moon, Earth, and sun are aligned ... when the moon is in quadrature with the sun, ...

The sun, moon, and Earth line up together (during new ... causing low high tides and high low tides, also called neap tides. How does the rotation of the Earth cause tides? The Earth’s rotation ...