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What causes us to be able to see the moon at night?

Updated: 3/30/2021
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If compared to other non-star bodies, our Moon has a pretty high albedo - that is, it reflects a lot of light.

What you see when you look at our Moon is sunlight reflected off of the Moon's surface.

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