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

The moon does cause atmospheric tides in the atmosphere, you just don’t notice it much for the same reason that creatures on the ocean floor generally don’t notice the tides.

The tides are not air and water being pulled towards the moon, but more being pulled down to the center of earth less in some places than others.