Question

Which of the following pictures shows the position of the earth, moon, and sun during a neap tide?

Answer 1

I believe that the first picture shows the moon's, etc. correct position during a neap tide

Answer 2

The first picture is the one that shows the position of the Earth, Moon and Sun during a neap tide, as in that pictures those astronomical objects are forming a right angle.

The neap tide is the phenomenon of the tide occurred when the positions of the Moon, the Earth and the Sun form a right angle (90 degrees). In this case, the effects of the lunar and solar gravitational attraction are counteracted, and the high tide is lower than usual.