Most coastal areas on Earth experience two high tides and two low tides every lunar day. What is a lunar day? Our days on Earth
are 24-hour solar days, the time that it takes for a specific site on the Earth to rotate from an exact point under the sun to the same point under the sun. A lunar day is the time it takes for a specific site on the Earth to rotate from an exact point under the moon to the same point under the moon. A lunar day is 24 hours and 50 minutes. That means a lunar day is 50 minutes longer than a solar day. If high tide occurs at 8:00 AM, Tuesday, in Savannah, Georgia, at approximately what time will the next high tide occur?
A. 8:00 AM Wednesday
B. 8:00 PM Tuesday
C. 8:25 PM Tuesday
D. 8:50 AM Wednesday
The next high tide will occur approximately 12 hours after the first one. So your answer choices would be B or C. I feel like the better answer choice is C. If this is wrong, feel free to delete this answer.
