He was struggling with a very large conger, and holding fast with one hand to the side of the vessel, in order to seize with the other the gaping jowl of his antagonist, when the master said to him, Take care they don't see you from Belle-Isle.
In Naruto each base-element is stronger and weaker than one element:-. Fire: strong against Wind, weak against Water. Wind: strong against Lightning, weak against Fire. Lightning: strong against Earth, weak against Wind. Earth: strong against Water, weak against Lightning.
And both these bodies exert a gravitational force on each other. And since Earth is a much larger body, its gravitational pull is stronger than that of the moon's. That's the reason we are still standing on the Earth rather than drifting away to the moon; because the Earth is holding us stronger. Now, unlike solid objects like buildings, mountains etc., Moon is able to slightly pull the water in the oceans, causing tide (The major reason.