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Neap tides occur when earth, sun and moon forms an angle of __.

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Neap tides occur twice a month, during the first and third (or last) quarters, where the Sun and Moon are at right angles to each other( $90^{\circ}$ ).

During a neap tide difference between high and low tide is the least.

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