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During a Full Moon, the Sun, Moon, and Earth are aligned

Updated on May 17, 2024December 6, 2022

This is when the Sun and Moon’s gravity pullsn on the Earth at the same time causing extra high and low tides. As the Moon’s gravity tugs at Earth, it shifts Earth’s mass, distorting its shape ever so slightly into that of a football ― elongated at the equator and shortened at the poles. This …

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