Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Neap Tides

NEAP TIDES, those tides which happen in the middle of the second and fourth quarters of the moon, taking place about four or five days before the new and full moons. They occur when the attractions of the sun and moon act on the waters of the ocean at right angles to each other.

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