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What object reflects the light from the sun and is visible at night?
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∙ 9y ago
This describes every object in the solar system except for the Sun itself. If this is a homework question, I'd probably go with "the Moon". However, any of the planets, any of their moons, any of the asteroids, or any comet would be an equally valid answer.
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Why is the Moon only visable at night?
The moon is visible during the day but it is most visible at night and early morning, but it is somtimes visible throughout the day.
Why the dress of bedouyin Arabs is white?
Maybe because the sun. The climate in that region can be quite extreme.Because white coluor doesn't attract heat.
What would happen if you didnt have any stars?
There would be no life.
What are lanterns used for?
to light up the night
Does there have to be a light on the American flag at night?
yes
When the moon is visible at night why can you see it?
because the moon reflects the light coming from the sun
Does the moon give off light or reflect it?
The moon reflects light just as any other object reflects light that falls upon it. Only about 7% of the light from the Sun is reflected off the moon's surface == ==The moon reflects the light from the sun.
How does the moon light at night?
It reflects the sun's light.
What causes Venus to be one of the brightest object in the night sky?
Venus has an atmosphere of thick, swirling clouds. Which reflects light very well.
Reflection in a window at night?
The image you see the the reflection of light from the object into your eyes. During the day time, light from the object incident and reflect to your eyes as well as light from the outside refract to your eyes. Therefore, you barely notice the image. At night, however, there is no source of light from the window outside. As a result, there is only light from the object(yourself) reflect back to your eyes. Hence, your image is visible on the window at night.
Why the brightest object in the night sky if it does not make its own light?
The moon is the closest heavenly body to the earth and because of its relatively high albedo it reflects a lot of the light falling on it hence it is the brightest object in the night sky. Similar reasons also apply to Venus, which is also a very bright object.
Why can you see the moon in the daytime?
Because it doesn't matter if it is night or day - light from the sun is reflected off the moon to your eyes. The surface of the moon is very light in color and thusly reflects almost all visible light off its surface and at night this is why the moon is very bright. During the day it will appear white or gray because of the sunlight it reflects.
Why do the owl eyes of glow at night?
because light reflects into the owl`s eyes, then it reflects, making it glow, only at night
When the Sun and Moon are out at the same time is there no Sun and Moon out on the other side of the earth?
they are always out at the same time so yes but it is scince we are tilted they can also see it. _________________________________ Except at the full Moon, there is always a period at night when the Moon is not visible; either it has already set, or has not yet risen. At the new phase of the Moon, the Sun and Moon are pretty close in the sky, and the Moon isn't visible at all during the night.
Why you are able to see the moon light at night?
because it reflects
How can solar energy be used at night?
at night the moon reflects the suns light of its suface
What level of UV rays does the moon reflect from the sun if any?
The moon only reflects 0.0002% of sunlight and reflects UV light only half as well as it does visible light. This means that the sun provides literally a million times more UV light than the moon does.
