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On 2002-02-04 07:56, ToSeek wrote:
Actually, come to think of it, there would still be tides, but induced by the Sun rather than Sun+Moon, so they would be a lot less. I'll let someone else figure out just how much less.
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The solar tides are about half the lunar tides, but during full and new moons the two tides augment each other so that the total effect is about one and a half of the lunar value alone. That is known as spring tide. During neap tide, first and third quarters of the moon, the solar effect cancels some of the lunar effect, so the total tide is about half the lunar tide.
So, solar tide alone would be about the same as what we know as neap tide.