PROJECT: THE MOON AND THE TIDES The ocean’s tides are not only affected by the shape of the coastlines, or slope of the ocean floor, but also by the gravitational tug of the Sun and the Moon. Write a 600 word report on the effect of the Moon, and Sun, on tidal reaction, and high tides and low tides. What orientation are the Sun and Moon in to create high tides? Low tides? There are two special types of tides. What are they called and what positions are the Sun and the Moon in during these times?