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Moonlight is sunlight reflected off the surface of the moon.
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How is sunshine different from moonlight?
Sunshine, or sunlight, comes directly from the sun. Moonlight is the sun's reflection off the Moon's surface.
What is moonlight in space?
It is not moonlight it is the moon reflecting the sun's light
What is an example of moonlight?
Moonlight is simply a reflection of the suns light agaist the surface of the moon. The different phases of the moon is cause by the earth obstrucing the suns rays so they do not come in contact with the moon and cannot be sceane. The phases change in a month in correlation to the orbit of the sun.
Does the moon gets lihgt directly from the sun?
Yes. Light from the Sun hits the Earth, the Moon, and all of the other planets, moons and asteroids. When we see "moonlight" we are actually seeing reflected sunlight.
What is a compound word with moon in it?
moon-rocks! moon-crater! WOOO moonlight
What song did Perry Como sing about a moon?
Perry Como singing about the Moon. Let's see. . .Mandolins in the Moonlight (1958)Moonglow and Theme from Picnic (1962)Moonlight Love (1956)Moon River (1962)Moon Talk (1958)That Feeling in the Moonlight (1945)Fly Me to the Moon (1963)
What is moonlight made by?
Moonlight is made by the sun's rays reflecting off of the moon's surface.
What is moonlight made of?
Moonlight is made from the sun's rays reflecting off of the moon's surface.
What is a ray of light from the moon?
the sun reflects of the moon giving us moonlight
Piloting a ship by moonlight is most difficult during which phase?
It is most difficult during the New Moon as there is no moonlight.
Who is the moon light night in sailor moon?
The moonlight night is Darien (Mamo chan)
Is moonlight created by the sun or the moon?
Without light from the sun, there would be no moonlight. But, without the moon, there would be no moonlight, too.So, the answer is that moonlight occurs when sun reflects off the surface of the moon.It's kind of like the question of which came first--the chicken or the egg. In this case, though, it can reasonably be said that moonlight originates with the sun; thus, it is caused by the sun.
