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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.
 * For the first image where the earth is shown in a crescent phase from the moon, waxing or waning gibbous.
 * For the second picture ,which shows a first quarter earth from the moon, is only possible if the moon is in a first/third quarter.
 * For the last picture which shows the waning or waxing gibbous earth from the moon the moon must be in waxing/waning crescent the see the earth in this way.


 * 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.

During new moon the sun shines on the side of the moon that we don't see at this time, so we don't see the moon at all, even though if we saw the other side it would be bright. On half moon days all we see is half of the moon because one half of the moon isn't reached by the sun's light and it is turned to show some of both sides of the moon, unlike the full and new moon. On full moon days the sun hits the side of the moon that we see so that, to us, it looks like the whole moon is being shined upon by the sun even though, in reality, only the side we see is.


 * View the example of the tide chart for the Gandy Bridge for a day. 2015 Tide Chart for Gandy Bridge . 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 alternating with low tides each day.

The tides on earth alternate from high to low because the moon has a strong gravitational pull so when the earth rotates the water is pulled in and out depending on the location of the moon compared to the oceans. we have two high tides and two low tides because the water is pulled more, then pulled less, them pulled more, than pulled less by the moons gravitational pull in one 24 hour time span.


 * 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. Thencreate 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.


 * 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.


 * 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.
 * If the sun and the moon are aligned with the earth in the middle than the high tides and the low tides will be higher but if they are closer together they will cancel each others gravity out.

Summery Of Charts:
 * Date || 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 ||