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If the moon has no independent source of light why is it that it shines so brightly at night?
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∙ 13y ago
It reflects the light from the sun, which is extremely bright. Plus at night it is dark, so it appears to shine brightly. It is really shinning as brightly as it was during the day, but at night it just looks brighter, like the stars.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoNo, it doesn't, because it's a piece of rock.
It just reflects sunlight.
According to some theories about its formation, ithe moon was once completely molten, and must have given off quite a glow of its own. At that theoretical point, earth was mostly molten as well so there would have been no living things to see it. Currently the moon is geologically dead as far as we know, and if there is any remnant of the earlier heat state it is not enough for the moon to produce volcanic action; vocanoes would give off light.
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∙ 13y agoBecause the moon reflects light from the Sun.
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