as distance from an object decreases , the pull of gravity on that object increases & 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 pull of the sun on earth 's oceans causes the tides & 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