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Gravity on the Moon and Its Effects

When Neil Armstrong first walked on the Moon’s surface, he did so in leaps and bounds, he found it easy to pick up things since there was a weak counter gravitational force on the Moon. The Moon has a gravity which is one sixth of the Earth’s. As it revolves around the Earth, it’s gravitational field, though weak, produces ‘tides’ in the Earth’s oceans. Though the Earth holds back the oceans with it’s own gravitational force, the Moon’s gravity tends to pull the water, as a result of which tides are produced. Tides are produced due to the Sun’s gravity as well. The Sun’s gravity produces what we call the Neap tides, and when the Moon is between the Earth and the Sun, as shown in the diagram, it produces Spring tides. With two gravitational forces acting upon the Earth in the latter situation, the Spring tides have a higher tidal range as compared to the Neap tides.