High tides occur on the side of the Earth farthest from the moon because the rest of the Earth is being pulled away from that location towards the moon.

Authors

• Person: Not available Organization: Ocean Conservancy
  How Does the Moon Affect Our Ocean?

Sources

• How Does the Moon Affect Our Ocean? oceanconservancy.org Ocean Conservancy via serper

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• moon concept
• Earth location