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Interesting question. Sometimes in the fall the moon really can look
orange and yellow. If you observe closely, though, you'll find that the
in the fall, when the moon is right overhead, it looks pretty white. And
in the winter, when the moon is close to the horizon, it can look pretty
orange. Here's what's going on.
The first thing that you have to understand is that there are different
kinds of light. Green light, for instance, is different than red light.
Blue light is different than yellow light. The main difference is that
different colors of lights have different wavelengths. Light travels in
waves, and the distance from one peak of a wave to another is called the
wavelength. Blue light has a very short wavelength, and red light has the
longest.
The second thing to understand is that the air in our atmosphere acts
like a filter. It filters out short wavelength light, and scatters the
short wavelengths around. The short wavelengths are the blue ones. The
greens, yellows, and reds come through. That's why the sky looks blue.
All the blue light is bouncing around the air before it comes down, so the
sky looks blue.
At night, when the moon is right overhead, it looks white. White light
is made up of all different colors of light, including blue. When the
moon is right overhead, it comes straight through the atmosphere, so not
much of the blue light gets scattered. But when the moon gets close to
the horizon, it isn't coming at you straight on. It's kind of slanting at
us, and it's going through a lot more air. The more air the white
moonlight has to go through, the more chance for the short wavelength
(blue) light to get scattered out. The green light is pretty short too,
so it gets filtered out too. What's left is the red and yellow light.
And that's why you only see the red and yellow light when the moon gets
close to the horizon, and that's why the white moon looks red and yellow
whenever it is about to rise or set.
What else can I help you with?
Is moon a source of light?
No, the moon does not emit its own light. Instead, it reflects light from the sun, which is why the moon appears to light up the night sky. This phenomenon is what allows us to see the moon from Earth.
What causes the light on the moon?
The light on the moon is actually sunlight that is reflected off the moon's surface. The moon does not produce its own light.
How do moon produce their own light?
the light from the moon is a reflection of the light from the sun
Is the moon light reflected off of earth?
No, the moon's light is actually sunlight that is reflected off its surface. The moon doesn't produce its own light; it merely reflects the light from the sun.
How does the moon produce light?
The moon does not produce light. It only reflects light from the sun.
Is moon a source of light?
No, the moon does not emit its own light. Instead, it reflects light from the sun, which is why the moon appears to light up the night sky. This phenomenon is what allows us to see the moon from Earth.
From where does the moon get its light?
The moon gets its light from the sun.
What causes the light on the moon?
The light on the moon is actually sunlight that is reflected off the moon's surface. The moon does not produce its own light.
How do moon produce their own light?
the light from the moon is a reflection of the light from the sun
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.
When was In the Light of the Moon created?
In the Light of the Moon was created in 2000.
When was By the Light of the Moon created?
By the Light of the Moon was created in 2002.
How are the light from the Sun and Light from the moon different?
The "light" from the moon is reflected sunlight. The phases of the moon are a clue as to the location of the sun.
Is the moon light reflected off of earth?
No, the moon's light is actually sunlight that is reflected off its surface. The moon doesn't produce its own light; it merely reflects the light from the sun.
How does the moon produce light?
The moon does not produce light. It only reflects light from the sun.
Why does the moon reflected so much light?
The moon reflects so much light because the moon reflect the light of the sun. The amount of light on the moon that is showing is directly related to the position to the moon. (From Answers.com)
Does the moon have its own light?
In the Bible, God created the moon with its own light but i think that the moon nly reflects the light of the sun.
