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It doesn't.
When you [try to] think about the Moon, just think about a big round rock in a
dark room:
-- When there's no light shining on the rock, you can't see any of it.
-- If somebody shines a flashlight on the rock, he can light up one side of it,
but the other side stays dark.
-- If he shines his flashlight on the side of the rock that faces away from you,
you still can't see any of the lit-up part.
-- If he keeps his flashlight pointed at the rock while you walk around it, you can see
a little part of the lit-up side, then a bigger part, then half of it, then most of it.
-- If you take the flashlight yourself and point it at the rock, then you can see
all of the lit-up side, and everything you see is lit-up. But your friend, standing
across the room, will tell you that the other side, facing away from you, is dark.
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The moon and planets shine by what sunlight?
The sun's sunlight.
The planets and the moon shine because of what sunlight?
reflected
Why can the moon shine?
the suns edges throw sunlight to the moon so it shines!
Which best describes why the moon appears to shine its own light?
The moon's surface reflects sunlight.
How does the moon shine even though it's behind the earth's shadow?
The moon remains dimly lit by sunlight that has been bent through the Earth's atmosphere during a lunar eclipse, which is why it is still visible unlike during the New Moon phase when the moon is completely unilluminated.
The moon and planets shine by what sunlight?
The sun's sunlight.
Why don't the moon shine through a solar eclipse?
The moon only apears to shine because it reflects sunlight from its surface. During a solar eclipse the moon passes between the Sun and the Earth so the sunlight reflects off the surface of the moon which is not visible from Earth.
The planets and the moon shine because of what sunlight?
reflected
Why can the moon shine?
the suns edges throw sunlight to the moon so it shines!
Why moon and planets shine and produce light?
The moon and planets reflect sunlight, they do not produce light.
Which best describes why the moon appears to shine its own light?
The moon's surface reflects sunlight.
Why did the moon shine when there was utter darkness in the sky?
The light form the moon is sunlight reflected from the moon's surface when sunlight fall onto it. Thus while you are in the Earth's shadow (night time) the moon is not. :)
Why is the sun shining at the night and why is the moon upset about it?
The sun does not shine in the night. The full moon reflects sunlight to the Earth at night.
The source of the light that causes the moon to shine is?
The Moon doesn't shine at all. This is what bothers me about vampire movies; sunlight kills vampires, but moonlight doesn't affect them. And yet, the Moon is just a giant mirror in the sky reflecting SUNLIGHT back to the Earth! Why wouldn't the vampires all die of the reflected sunlight, that's what I want to know! Anyway, moonlight is simply reflected sunlight.
Does sunlight shine on earth and the moon?
yes it shines on earth, but on the moon it only shines on it's front not on it's back side
How does the moon shine even though it's behind the earth's shadow?
The moon remains dimly lit by sunlight that has been bent through the Earth's atmosphere during a lunar eclipse, which is why it is still visible unlike during the New Moon phase when the moon is completely unilluminated.
Sunlight tot shine through rain drops and break up into its many colors?
When sunlight shines through raindrops, a rainbow may be the result.
