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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.


What is the same about the moon and sun?

you can see both from earth, only the sun is a light source. the moon reflects the suns light


What blocks the sun?

Clouds, buildings, sun block (cream or lotion applied to the skin). A solar eclipse, the moon blocks the suns rays from striking the Earth. Lunar eclipse, the Earth blocks the suns rays from striking the moon.


What is the light that comes to the Earth from the moon?

The moon makes no real light of its own. It is really like a mirror. It just reflects the suns light.


How come the moon reflects the suns light and things on earth dont reflect the suns light?

The moon reflects the suns light and things on the eart do notreflect it because it is at an angle in which the light does not reach earth. So if the light falls on the earth at night there would be light but because it not reflect it on earth it is dark at night.


Does the moon creates its own light?

No, the moon does not create its own light. It reflects sunlight from the Sun, which is why we see different phases of the moon as it orbits the Earth.


Does the moon absorb the suns light?

No, the moon reflects the sun's light. The moon has no light of its own but appears bright in the night sky because it reflects sunlight back 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...


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.


How are the sun and moon different?

The sun is a star that is extremely hot and is a source of light for the planet. While the moon is a mass that orbits around earth and reflects light.


Does a solar eclipse occur when earth falls between the sun and the moon?

No. This planetary alignment causes a lunar eclipse because, the earth blocks the sun's rays from reaching the moon, so that the moon is inside the earth's shadow. S<<<E===m in the diagram above s represents the sun E represtents the Earth and m represents the moon. The< represents the sun's rays and the = represents the Earth's shadow.


Is the moon a light souse?

technically it reflects the suns light back towards the earth