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Why does the moon appears to shine in the night sky?
The moon reflects the sun's light back to Earth. It cannot produce its own light.
The moon has no light of its own why is it the that it can be seen shining brightly in the sky?
The same way a mirror looks bright if you shine a torch on it.It reflects the Suns' light.
How does the moon appear to shine so brightly in the night sky?
because it will absorb the light of sun and reflected back to the earth. thats why...
Why doesn't the moon shine as bright as the sun?
The Moon reflects the light of the Sun; it produces no light of its own. What's really amazing is how MUCH light the Moon reflects - considering that the "albedo", or reflectivity of the Moon is about the same as a charcoal briquette. It only reflects about 3% of the light that hits it - but the Sun's light is so enormously bright that 3% is almost enough to light up the night sky.
Why do planets and the moons shine so brightly if they do not produce light?
The light comes from the reflection of the suns light off their surface. It may seem like there is not enough light to make them shine so much, but compared to the night sky, there is enough reflected light off their surfaces for us to see detail in the moon and planets.
Why does the moon appears to shine in the night sky?
The moon reflects the sun's light back to Earth. It cannot produce its own light.
Do comets shine as a result of reflected light?
no Bkuz comets arnt used as mirrors. Ignore that. Yes, comets shine due to reflected light because they do not produce their own light, much as our moon reflects light from the sun causing it to shine in the sky.
The moon has no light of its own why is it the that it can be seen shining brightly in the sky?
The same way a mirror looks bright if you shine a torch on it.It reflects the Suns' light.
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. :)
How does the moon appear to shine so brightly in the night sky?
because it will absorb the light of sun and reflected back to the earth. thats why...
Is the moon a huge ball of rock that appears to shine in the night sky?
yes
Why do planets and the moons shine brightly if they do not produce light?
The light comes from the reflection of the suns light off their surface. It may seem like there is not enough light to make them shine so much, but compared to the night sky, there is enough reflected light off their surfaces for us to see detail in the moon and planets.
What does illuminate mean?
it means to glow or to shine or to have light
Why doesn't the moon shine as bright as the sun?
The Moon reflects the light of the Sun; it produces no light of its own. What's really amazing is how MUCH light the Moon reflects - considering that the "albedo", or reflectivity of the Moon is about the same as a charcoal briquette. It only reflects about 3% of the light that hits it - but the Sun's light is so enormously bright that 3% is almost enough to light up the night sky.
Why do planets and the moons shine so brightly if they do not produce light?
The light comes from the reflection of the suns light off their surface. It may seem like there is not enough light to make them shine so much, but compared to the night sky, there is enough reflected light off their surfaces for us to see detail in the moon and planets.
When do we see the full moon in the sky?
We see the full moon in the sky because it reflects light to Earth. It does not make it's own light so what we see in sunlight reflection off of the moon's surface.
Did the sky shine light as jesus was crucified?
Actually the sky became dark for a few hours.
