perigee.


"Capt. JG" wrote in message
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Spring new moon and full moon generally. I believe there's also
a somewhat
rare event called a proxigeen tide (sp?)... happens when the
moon is at its
closest point and a new? moon. (moon is between sun and earth,
so that must
be right).

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"j" ganz @@
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"Bart Senior" .@. wrote in message
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What time of year do spring tides have the greatest extremes?