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Why doesn't the moon not make light?
The moon is not a star. The moon only reflects the suns light. Only stars make light. Our sun is a star.
Why are you able to see the moon?
Because the suns light reflects off of it.
Which planet reflects only about 6 percent of the suns light?
Saturn
Do Meteors Make Their Own light?
'Moonlight' is actually the light from the sun, reflecting off the moon, and beaming down to Earth. It's like having a mirror between Earth and the Sun, and the sun's light shines on the mirror, then reflecting it to Earth.
Compare a solar eclipse to a lunar eclipse?
A solar eclipse is when the moon blocks the suns light coming to the earth... a lunar eclipse is when the light from the sun is blocked and so you can't see it but it is there...
What is meaning of light reflected from the surface of the moon?
What is meaning of light reflected from the surface of the moon ? Answer:The sun reflects its light on to the moon then the moon reflects the light from the sun to earth it is like have a mirror if you have 3 or more mirror and you shine the mirror into the suns light it will reflect to the other mirrors. which is how we get day and night
The moon shines by reflected what?
We see the suns' light reflecting off the moon. There is some of the Earths' light also. The sun illuminates the moon as it orbits the Earth a give it the phases we see.
Why doesn't moon shine as bright as the sun?
the moons light is reflected from the suns rays from a long distance like a mirror and a light you try it for yourself
Why the moon is so hot?
It is almost absolute zero degrees on the moon. It has no atmosphere to hold in the suns heat and its core is cold and dead. It shines only in reflected light.
Why is the light of the moon not as hot as the suns light?
The moon does not radiate any heat or light of its own, it merely reflects the sun's heat and light. But since the moon is many times smaller than the sun, it only receives a small fraction of the heat and light -- and much less when it is in the shadow of the earth. However, most of the heat and light striking the moon is absorbed by the moon itself, or is reflected into space, thus there's very little reflected back to earth.
Does the light of the sun reach the earth?
Yes - the light takes approximately 8 minutes 20 seconds to hit the earth surface. In addition the Moon reflects the suns light so we see "moon light" which of course is in actual fact reflected sunlight
Were does the moon and earth get its light from?
The moon and earth get there light from the sun when the sun shines onto the moon the moon reflects the suns light onto the earth.
Does the moon creates its own light?
No, the suns light bounces off of it.
Does the moon absorb the suns light?
Yes, some.
Can the moon be also called a full moon?
yes when half the moon is reflecting the suns light
Why are there new phases of the moon each night?
The phases of the moon are determined by how much of the moon we can see from earth. The amount of the moon we see is determined by how much of the suns light is reflected from it back to us. As the moon moves round the earth and the earth moves round the sun the amount of light that gets bounced back from moon changes because of its different possitions.
Why doesn't the moon not make light?
The moon is not a star. The moon only reflects the suns light. Only stars make light. Our sun is a star.
