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OCR: Semidiumal tides M2 12.42 100.0 Main lunar semidiumal (two tides per day) constituent S. 12.00 46.6 Main solar semidiumal constituent N. 12.66 19.1 Lunar constituent due to monthly variation in Moon's distance 11.97 12.7 Solar-lunar constituent due to changes in declination of Sun and Moon throughout their orbital cycle Diumal tides 23.93 58.4 Solar-lunar constituent (one tide per day) 0, 25.82 41.5 Main lunar diumal constituent P, 24.07 19.3 Main solar diumal constituent Long-period tides 327.86 17.2 Moon's fortnightly constituent SOURCE: Defant, A ., Ebb and Flow (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1958). Reprinted by permission of University of Michigan Press.