a luminous object
sun
Luminous
Yes. It makes its own light by the Fusion of Hydrogen and Helium Gases.
A bioluminescent creature makes its own light
it makes its own food by sun light.
A star!
star
a star emits its own light. the moon just reflects, it like the planets, it has no light of its own
angler fish
The word is "luminescent."
photosynthetic
The moon makes no real light of its own. It is really like a mirror. It just reflects the suns light.