"The ocean is bulging along the Earth-moon line in the same way that ... it triggers larger "spring tides." Watch Perez-Giz's full explanation below. Read next ...

As Earth's ever-present celestial companion, the moon exerts a constant influence on our planet, and its disappearance would be a massive shock to all life.

It'll be slightly smaller than a regular full moon, and noticeably smaller than a full moon at perigee (a supermoon). However ...

The tides of the ocean haye been a subject of wonder and ... The tides are greater at new and full moon than at the first and last quarters, as during the latter periods the attraction of the ...

The moon's gravity pulls the ocean toward itself to create ... Why do the biggest tides happen when the moon is full? And why is it that sometimes, in some places, there is only one high tide ...

to the height of the oceans’ tides. Have you ever had a night of disturbed sleep or wild dreams and then realised in the morning that it was a full moon? If so, you’re not alone. A recent ...

Like a king towering over his kingdom, king tides bring the ocean to its highest levels ... typically during full or new moons when the Moon is closest to Earth. While they don’t result from ...

Credit: dzika_mrowka / Getty Images The full moon has been a source of fascination, from precipitating werewolf transformations to controlling the tides. Across the globe, it has been an important ...