does the red tide make the moon appear to be red?
954589
no..a red tide results from  a red type of plankton in the water turning it red.  The color of the moon results from the bending of light from the sun through the earths atmosphere reflecting off of the moons surface.
873743
High tides get higher and low tides get lower.\n\nIf I'm not mistaken... this is what happens at the times of the equinoxes.... the sun and moon line up... pulling the tides to higher highs and lower lows...
262627
It is.  It's just very dark blue so it looks black.  I'm sure you'll agree that even a "very bright" moon is a lot darker than the sun.  I took a picture at night for fifteen seconds at 1600 ISO on a hazy night and the sky came out blue.  I think the bright points (stars) add contrast to the sky that make it look dark so the haze evened the sky out.
540657
The desity of water makes it more suseptable to the pull of the moon's gravitation. Depening on it's course around the earth throughout the year the tides follow in it's wake. Not just hight tide and low tide are effected byt this but swells and tsunamis. The tides are also effected by plate techtonics but science has yet to decide whether the causation is more that plate tectonics are effected by the same gravitational pull as the ocean tides or my subterrainian thermo tides.
842966
The tidal forces between the Earth and the Moon slowed the Moon's rotation until it became locked with its orbit around the Earth. The Moon therefore always keeps the same side of its surface facing the Earth. As the Moon orbits the Earth, the entire half facing the sun is illuminated, but the amount of this lighted half that we can see changes. Thus the Moon seems to change shape or phase. The far side of the Moon is lighted part of the time and dark part of the time as well; hence it is incorrect to refer to it as the "dark side of the Moon" (sorry, Pink Floyd).\n\nFor a picture of what the far side of the moon looks like check\nhttp://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/9810/farside_apollo16.jpg&imgrefurl=http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap981008.html&h=432&w=421&sz=41&hl=en&sig2=9NUu37Lghow0vp6Kt4utAw&start=3&tbnid=zr8LzmzCjXAnwM:&tbnh=126&tbnw=123&ei=y7hmRb_rDbXmwQGpmMHlAQ&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dfar%2Bside%2Bof%2Bthe%2Bmoon%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DG
344029
The moon's got gravity too, and like the Earth pulls the moon, the moon pulls on the Earth's waters. Depending on where the moon is, you get different tides. Kinda like if you move a magnet in a circle around a paperclip. The paperclip will move in different directions depending on where the magnet is.
72568
The moon is responsible for about 2/3 of the tide, and the sun is responsible for about 1/3 of the tide. There are also effects from the other planets and celestial bodies, but since they are further away and/or smaller, the effects are much less. \n\nThe tides are caused because on one side of the earth, the gravitational pull of the moon (and other bodies) pulls the water away from the earth, and makes a big lump we call a high tide. On the other side of the earth, the earth gets pulled away from the water, leaving another big lump. That is why in most places we see 2 tides a day (although in some places there are no tides, or 1 tide a day, or more than 2 a day). \n\nWhen the moon and the sun pull together, you get spring tides. When the moon and the sun are not pulling together, but at cross purposes, you get neap tides. \n\nThere are tides in the atmosphere too, and in the ground, as you might expect. It is not just in the water, but we can see the water tides easiest in the oceans and some big lakes.
119440
Spring tides happen when the moon is both new and full, so no the moon is not always full when a tide is spring.  In fact larger spring tides usually happen when the moon is new.
63241
yeah joe its a domino effect, moon effects tides, when tides are more pronounced there is more physical movement, when there is more movement more shrimp move about, when more shrimp move about more fish move about trying to feed on the shrimp and higher on up the food chain we go
381321
It is a valid observation.  Ask anybody that works in a hospital or bar.  I used to work in a bar, so I know people are definitely different on a full moon.  The moon affects the water and tides.  Our bodies are made up of 2/3 water.  So we would be affected, too.
150643
The forces that the moon produces on the earth are very small. There is a periodic signal in barometric pressure corresponding to the atmospheric tide. However, my understanding is that there is no strong statistical evidence that tidal forcing has any effect on weather. It is possible that there is some subtle effect that might be uncovered, but it will not be easy. Even the effects of variations in the solar constant are not clearly seen in climate data.\n\n-----------\n\nAddendum: one does not need fancy equipment or satellites to measure the solid earth tide. It is a couple of feet, and it can be observed easy with accelerometers, and has been seen for decades.
1047570
if you check the tide tables printed for your area on the earth you will notice significant differences in the tides all year long. There are 2 lows and 2 highs per day every day, approximately ever 6 hours, alternating high, low, high low. The tide table lists these 4 for you. The lowest lows-highs are known to be during the NEW MOON, esp during winter, but full moons are quite low-high too. So, yes, the moon does exert gravitational pull on the earth and its waters.  \n\nFull moon even affects birth rate (labor), moods, crime. Eclipses are also notorious for its effects on people as well.\n\nTide changes vary from place to place on the earth.  Even a few miles north or south of the site a tide table is made for can affect the results predicted in the little tide booklet. The topography-geology of the bodies of water all over the world also affect this. Some places on the earth go thru MAJOR changes with the tides during these full and new moon phases every day.....Bay of Fundy is one place to look up......tidal change can by 30 feet. If there is a storm, then there is possiblity of even greater tide changes given in the tide tables.
494848
People in cultures that spread the full moon myth do act crazier. We have set a tone that allows people to excuse themselves their behavior based on moonlight, then see the news proving it is true. It is self-induced, not actually caused by the moon or the moonlight (which is actually just reflected sunlight).\n\nP.S. Tidal theories relating to the water in human bodies have nothing to do with anything.  The moon's gravity is not increased by reflecting more light toward an observer.
599379
Yes, the moon spins (or rotates) once for each revolution (orbit).  This happens because the moon is "tidally locked" to the earth.  \n\nThe moon exerts tidal forces on the earth because it pulls harder on the part of the earth closer to the moon and less hard on the part of the earth father from the moon.  The result is tides--the ocean bulges up on the side close to the moon because of the harder pull and actually bulges up away from the moon on the far side because of the weaker pull.\n\nThe earth also exerts tidal fores on the moon.  The moon has no oceans (and never did), but the solid rock of the moon bulged.  The moon used to spin much faster, but bulging and rotating causes friction, which slowed the moon's rotation until it keeps one face toward the earth.  Thus, the bulge is fixed in one place on the moon and no more friction!
783260
you might want to be more specific with your question, but it sounds like you're referring to the Red Tide.
782867
no.  it affects the tides in a big way though, which can lead to weather.  But the moon doesn't affect our weather directly
178742
Good question!\n\nIn fact, causing the tide on Earth actually results in the Earth-Moon system losing a little energy during every orbit.  \n\nThis results in the moon moving a little further from the earth to maintain the angular momentum of the system.