Today, July 6, 2025, the moon is 11 days old and is in the Waxing Gibbous phase of its lunar cycle. It is 83% illuminated.

So, as the moon revolves around Earth, depending on its position then determines whether a certain hemisphere or region experiences a high or low tide. It’s similar to that of a storm surge ...

Southern California saw stormy seas combine with king tides on Jan. 11-12, causing flooding of low-lying coastal areas. New moons at perigee will occur again on Feb. 9, March 10 and April 8.

In addition to the moon’s gravitational pull, local nature lovers say that wind direction and speed could result in extra low or high tides. Pete Tacopino took photos in March 2, 2017 of the low ...

Our atmosphere does have tides, and the gravity of the moon is part of why they exist, but it turns out that the moon’s influence on our atmosphere is absolutely swamped by the influence the sun ...

When the sea level rises to its highest point, we call that high tide. When it falls to its lowest point, that's called low tide. But how does the Moon, being so far away, affect the tides on Earth.

"High tides get higher, and low tides get lower. Global sea-level rise pushes high tides in only one direction – higher. So half of the 18.6-year lunar cycle counteracts the effect of sea-level ...

Those high highs and low lows are about the same at both the full and the new moon (when the moon is dark). The next new moon is Sept. 24 so you can expect higher and lower tides then, too.

While tides fluctuate throughout the year, driven by the phases and distance of the moon, low tides are typically best in the summer, when there are typically calmer seas.

Coastal tides fluctuate throughout the year, driven by the phases and distance of the moon. While extreme low tides also occur in the winter, the reliably stormy weather in that part of the year ...