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 point that gravity from the moon has a similar effect as gravity from the earth is about 80% of the way to the moon. This means that if something is 79% of the way to the moon and stationary, it will fall towards the earth.

Atmosphere is pretty much 1% to the moon or less (if you don’t count the exosphere, it’s only .2%). If any is escaping earth’s gravity, it’s not because of the moon.