Along some shorelines, the solar tide is the only important tide, and ordinary 12-hour clocks suffice since the high and low tides come at nearly the same time every day.
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:: Even after the Earth-Moon system is tidally locked, the solar tides will slow down the rotation of the Earth further, until the Earth is tidally locked to the Sun.
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Sure, if you want to be a stickler about it there's half a part in ten million of solar tide fouling things up, but the Sun is not completely free from tides either.
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As mentioned above, a similar time lag accompanies the solar tides, a complicating factor that varies with the phases of the moon . ) By observing the age of leap tides, it becomes clear that the delay can actually exceed 24 hours in some locations.
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The size of the lunar tide compared to the solar tide ( which comes once every 12 hours ) is generally about 2 to 1, but the actual proportion along any particular shore depends on the location, orientation, and shape of the local bay or estuary.
