How come the moon doesn’t pull away earth’s atmosphere

Question

If the moon is able to cause rising tides with its gravity, how come it cannot do the same with the atmosphere? Wouldn’t this cause the atmosphere to leak significantly?

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Answer 1

It does cause tides in the atmosphere, but a few meters don’t make a difference in an atmosphere that is tens of kilometers thick and doesn’t have a sharp upper edge (unlike the oceans).