The moon depending on where it is at your time of day can affect whether or not there’s high or low tides. Basically moving all of the water in the ocean, at least that’s how I think. But how come it doesn’t make us feel lighter or heavier throughout the day? Or just seem to affect anything else
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Tidal bulges are created by a difference in the strength of gravity.
The ocean stands the entire planet. There are thousands of miles difference between the two sides.
This creates a small difference in the force of gravity.
Water flows pretty easily, so this small difference is enough to cause it to flow to the side and create a tide.
Humans are much smaller. The difference in gravity between our head and feet is essentially zero. So the effect is very very very small.
And we are made of much more sturdy bonds than water. We don’t flow into a very thin puddle after all.
This means to see an effect we would need a much stronger difference in gravity than the oceans feel.
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