Orbit of the Moon the Moon's orbit around Earth, its relative timing varies greatly. In some places on Earth, there is only one high tide per day, whereas others such as Southampton have four, though this is somewhat rare. The notional tidal bulges are carried ahead of the Earth–Moon orientation by the continents as a result of Earth's rotation. The eccentric mass of each bulge exerts a small amount of gravitational attraction on the Moon, with the bulge on the side of Earth closest to the Moon pulling in a direction slightly forward along the Moon's orbit (because Earth's rotation has carried the bulge
Sun and Moon (Middle-earth) the Narsilion, the "Song of the Sun and Moon". The published "Silmarillion" states that the Sun was created by the Vala Aulë; he and his people made a vessel to hold the radiance of the last fruit of Laurelin. The vessel of the sun was guided by Arien, a Maia. Names of the Sun amongst the Elves included Anar or "The Fire-golden", a name given to it by the Vanyar; Anor, the common name for the Sun in Sindarin, as seen in "Minas Anor" (later Minas Tirith) and the Gondorian province of "Anórien"; and Vása, or "Heart of Fire", a