TideMoonICS16LEA

> Using the positions of the moon relative to a location on earth, explain why the tides alternate from low to high during a 24 hour period and why there are usually 2 high tides alternatingwith low tides each day.
 * 1) View the top diagram above. Compare the relative positions of the earth, moon and sun to explain the differences between new moon, half moon and full moon phases.
 * **We don't see the new moon because the opposite side of the moon is facing the sunlight and the other side is facing the earth where it shows darkness. In the first quarter, we only see half of the moon because the other half of the moon is facing the darkness. In full moon, the side of the moon reflecting on the sunlight, is what we see.**
 * 1) View the example of the tide chart for the Gandy Bridge for a day. 2015 Tide Chart for Gandy Bridge
 * **The tide alternate from low to high during a 24 hour period because its gravitational force. The part of the earth both away from the moon and close to the moon both get high tides. The earth and moon rotate around each other each pulling itself. The force is greater on the side on the side of the earth closer to the moon, and lesser on the side of the earth further from the moon.**
 * **There are usually 2 high tides alternating with low tides each day because the moon's gravity causes the water in the oceans to form a dome on the side of the earth facing the moon.**
 * 1) Use the data from Gandy Bridge TidesTampa Bay Tides to create a spreadsheet in Open Office with the coefficient of the tides for the days in the month of October, 2015. Then create a line graph of the data. Indicate that the first row and first columns are labels. Be sure to label the X and Y axis, and to provide a title. Be sure to include units. (Note: On the Tide Tables there are tidal coefficients which tell us the amplitude of the tide forecast (difference in height between the consecutive high tides and low tides in any given area). The highest possible tidal coefficient is 118, corresponding to the greatest high or low tide there can be, excluding meteorological effects. Tidal coefficients are calculated from the following parameters or from the sun and the moon: straight ascension, declination, parallax and the distance between the Earth and the celestial body.)
 * 2) Save the Tide Height spreadsheet as 8 last name initial tide. Save it as an html document. Saving it as an html will convert the chart to a jpeg. Copy the spreadsheet data and paste it on your TideMoon page. Then Upload the jpeg of the chart to your page.
 * 3) View the Moon Phases October 2015 on the same Gandy Bridge Tides . Find the moon phases for the high coefficients and low coefficients on the graph. Provide an explanation for the pattern of high coefficient of tides alternating with the low coefficient of tides during the month based on the relative position of the earth, moon and sun.
 * The high coefficients dates are 10/25 - 10/28. The low coefficients dates are 10/05, 10/06, 10/20, and 10/19. High coefficients are full moon and low coefficients are first quarter moon.

10/01/15 the tide coefficient was 89. Moon phase was waning gibbous. 10/08/15 the tide coefficient was 61. Moon phase was waning crescent. 10/15/15 the tide coefficient was 81. Moon phase was waxing crescent. 10/22/15 the tide coefficient was 58. Moon phase was first quarter. 10/29/15 the tide coefficient was 99. Moon phase was waning gibbous.
 * Dates || Tide Coefficient ||
 * 10/01/15 || 89 ||
 * 10/02/15 || 73 ||
 * 10/03/15 || 57 ||
 * 10/04/15 || 45 ||
 * 10/05/15 || 41 ||
 * 10/06/15 || 44 ||
 * 10/07/15 || 52 ||
 * 10/08/15 || 61 ||
 * 10/09/15 || 70 ||
 * 10/10/15 || 77 ||
 * 10/11/15 || 83 ||
 * 10/12/15 || 86 ||
 * 10/13/15 || 86 ||
 * 10/14/15 || 85 ||
 * 10/15/15 || 81 ||
 * 10/16/15 || 75 ||
 * 10/17/15 || 67 ||
 * 10/18/15 || 58 ||
 * 10/19/15 || 49 ||
 * 10/20/15 || 45 ||
 * 10/21/15 || 49 ||
 * 10/22/15 || 58 ||
 * 10/23/15 || 74 ||
 * 10/24/15 || 89 ||
 * 10/25/15 || 101 ||
 * 10/26/15 || 110 ||
 * 10/27/15 || 112 ||
 * 10/28/15 || 109 ||
 * 10/29/15 || 99 ||
 * 10/30/15 || 87 ||
 * 10/31/15 || 72 ||

The moon phase is a waning gibbous. The earth's phase is earths crescent.
 * 1) View the 3 images below. Explain for each image, the relative position of the sun, moon and earth that would result in the phase of the earth as seen in each of the photos. For each picture indicate what the corresponding phase of the moon would be when viewed from earth on the same day each of the photos of the earth was taken.

The moon phase is a first quarter. The earth'S phase is a waning gibbous.

This moon phase is a waning crescent. The earth's phase is earths gibbous.