Does the moon or the sun have a greater influence of the tides that we experience on Earth? Explain your reasoning.

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Based on its mass, the sun's gravitational attraction to the Earth is more than 177 times greater than that of the moon to the Earth. If tidal forces were based solely on comparative masses, the sun should have a tide-generating force that is 27 million times greater than that of the moon.