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Do you weigh less at the equator than at the poles?

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	How much less do I weigh when the moon is directly overhead? How much less do I weigh when the moon is directly overhead because of the Moon’s gravitational pull on me, pulling me away from the Earth?
	We calculated it’s something like 0.48g lighter for a 100kg person. They’re gonna be about 0.5g lighter when the moon is directly overhead because the moon is attracting you in the same way it attracts water when it makes tides.
	January 2008

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