as near from an preposition increase , the releasing of levity on that preposition organic & the sun is the celestial preposition that is nearer to the space than the moon ->  the gravity pull from the moon on earth is greater than the sun on earth  the gravity pull from the moon on earth is greater than the sun on earth & the gravitational releasing of the moon on space 's biosphere less the atoms & the gravitational releasing of the sun on space 's stays plain the pond -> the gravitational pull of the moon on earth affects the tides more than the gravitational pull of the sun