Tide refer to the earlier meaning of tide as "a portion of time, a season". Tide Tides are the rise and fall of sea levels caused by the combined effects of the gravitational forces exerted by the Moon and the Sun, and the rotation of Earth. Tide tables can be used to find the predicted times and amplitude (or "tidal range") of tides at any given locale. The predictions are influenced by many factors including the alignment of the Sun and Moon, the phase and amplitude of the tide (pattern of tides in the deep ocean), the amphidromic systems of the
Full moon in the sky.) Thus, there is no long period of darkness between sunset and moonrise for several days after the full moon, thus lengthening the time in the evening when there is enough light for men to see to work to get the harvest in. The "Maine Farmers' Almanac" from c. the 1930s began to publish Native American "Indian" full moon names. The "Farmers' Almanac" (since 1955 published in Maine, but not the same publication as the "Maine Farmers' Almanac") continues to do so. An early list of "Indian month names" was published in 1918 by Daniel Carter Beard in