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How to explore Tides: Earth-Moon 3D Explorer

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Open the Tides: Earth-Moon 3D Explorer, watch the red marker sweep under the two ocean bulges, and cycle Spring, Normal, and Neap tide modes.

  1. Open https://freetoolonline.com/space-3d/tides-earth-moon.html and wait for Earth, the Moon, and the pale-blue bulge shell to paint.
  2. Watch the red marker on Earth's surface - the info panel reports High tide, Low tide, Rising, or Falling as Earth spins.
  3. Press the tide-mode button to cycle Spring tide (about 1.5x), Normal (Moon only), and Neap tide (about 0.5x) and see the bulge grow and shrink.
  4. Click Earth, the Moon, or the small Sun marker for a facts panel on each body's role in the tide.
  5. Press Range table for real numbers from the global average to the Bay of Fundy.
See four steps: open the Tides Earth Moon explorer, watch the red marker tide state, press the tide-mode button, then click Earth Moon or Sun.
Open explorer, watch marker, press tide mode, click bodies.

Tide mode key figures

Tide modeRelative range
Spring tideabout 1.5x
Normal (Moon only)baseline (1x)
Neap tideabout 0.5x

Next: the when guide or vs alternatives. Open the Tides: Earth-Moon 3D Explorer.

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