How does the moon get its light? From the sun? How?
Any astrologers out there who know how it all works?
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All objects in our solar syatem get their light from our sun. How? Light travels from the sun and is reflected by the object, in this case the moon, and we see the reflected light.
the man in the moon lights his candle
The moon does not have it's own light. It reflects light from the sun and stars, which gives it the appearance of producing it's own light.
The moon reflects the sun's light. The different phases of the moon are caused by the relative positions of the sun, moon, and us.
We can only see the moon because sunlight is reflecting off its surface. It doesnt glow or light at all.
Which is weird, cause it sure looks like it does!
the moon reflects light from the sun.
since the monopolies commission looked into it, the moon is now free to get light from any sun, in its service area. It still has to pay our sun a line rental though.
Astronomers, not astrologers, study this sort of stuff. The moon happens to have a very reflective surface. It acts like a defect mirror that reflects ~15% of the actual sunlight. This is the reason we have phases too, because the angles between the Sun-Earth-Moon change.
The reflectivity of a surface is called the Albedo. The Moon reflects only 15%, however, it is directed in a more straight-line, so we see it brighter.
I think NASA is going to find out how that works, they may send a rocket to the sun, only to avoid burns I think they should go during the night time.
The moon doe snot have its own lights, the sun reflects on it,a nd we see the reflection, sasme with stars.
Yes the poem gets its light from the sun
the moon is white, white relfects all colors, making it "white light" thahs how it gerts it colors
i just studied teh light section in my Science class
It's reflection of light from the sun and you mean astronomers not astrologers. Astrologers are those people who mistakenly believe that you can derive some sort of cosmic truth about individuals lives and future events through looking at stars. Astronomers study space in a scientific way and although a bit nerdy are much more sensible.
Not that it matters though
its a reflection from the sun doh
Moon is rotating in the Orbit of Earth. Earth rotates upside down.
Part of it face Sun while opposite part goes in dark. Since Moon still faces the Sun so side of earth that is in dark can see the moon which is facing sun like other part of earth. If on rotation
Earth comes between Moon and Sun then you see Moon Eclispe
while if Moon comes between Earth and Sun then Sun Eclispse.
Hi,
You can duplicate the effect yourself
If you'd hang a basketball,,or any object really,,
Out in an open field with no background,
And shined a light on it
It would appear to "glow".
It would look like the object itself was producing the light.
Having it isolated from anything else which would reflect the Light Rays and "light up" too,,enhances the visual effect.
Viewed from Space,,the Earth is Much Much more Brilliant than the Moon is.
Main reason is because the Earth's WATER is Much more Reflective than the Moon's ol' dirty dusty drab grey rocks.
And we have a Lot more Colors,,Green Forests,,Golden Crops,,Red Trees in fall,,SnowWhite Snow,
glittery sand desserts,,,all sorts of colors.
And,Textures,,like the facets on a gemstone or a lense.
We reflect light in lots more different angles than Moon does.
And Moon doesn't spin,,,WE Do,,making us more sparkly as we swirl thru space
Plus,,the Earth has an Atmosphere,,the Moon doesn't
We are in a "GAS CLOUD" that GLOWS like a flourescent light.
The different gasses and densities create a prism type effect.
Like having a crystal globe on a lamp.
The Dusts and Ionized Particles in Earth's atmosphere twinkle and sparkle as they reflect the Sun's light.
Earth is kinda like one of those "Snow Globe" thingies,,
filled with water and glitter,,ya shake & iy looks like snow's falling
The Moon,,,is like just a golf ball sitting next to that.
Imagine a golf ball & a snow globe sitting next to each other,,
with a very bright spot light shining on them.
We kick Moon's Buuuuttttttt!!
...........
Ya know how Moon looks Orange-ish /Yellow sometimes? then it turns silvery white.
That's because of a RAINBOW sort of effect.
The Moon is in a band of One Color of a Huge Rainbow.
Ok,,ya know how a rainbow is a band of colors.
That's always,always in the same Order from Red to Blue
Red>Orange>Yellow>Green>Blue.
When we see the Moon Rising,,1st coming up over the horizon,,
It is Juuuuust coming out of Earth's shadow.
So the Sunlight that's shining on the Moon,,,is just barely going across the edge of Earth in a straight line to the moon.
But since Earth is a BALL,,and has an Atmosphere,,
Where the Sunlight passes across Edge of Earth,,,
the Light acts like it's passing thru a Prism,,,
and it Splits that light into a Spectrum,,A "rainbow"
The Bandwidth of Light,,which we commonly call COLOR,,that just coincidentally happens to be positioned at Earth's Horizon is almost RED,,but farther toward's Orange--which is a Mix of Red & Yellow.
So The Moon is Moving across that "rainbow" as it rises from our horizon.
Which is why it appears to Change Colors,,cuz it's moving from the Orange Band towards the Yellow band.
Ya know what's Weirder than That?
Especially after just talking about Moon being Orange & Yellow and Changing Colors.and almost EVERYBODY has seen that several times in their life
The Moon,,NEVER changes colors.
Never,Ever
We SEE it Change Colors,,,
Only because We SEE it THROUGH that "Rainbow".
The rainbow is between Us and The Moon,,,it's like Looking at The Moon though colored Cellophane.
If we went OUTSIDE of Earth's atmosphere,,where we could look straight at the Moon it would NEVER change colors at all.
Then,,it would be Strictly Reflecting SUNLIGHT back to our eyes,,,with No Colored "filter" between The Moon and Us.
If the Moon's Orbit was a Bigger Circle around Earth,,
we'd get to see it turn Banana Yellow.
Even Bigger Orbit,,we'd get to see a GREEN Moon
Bigger again,,,Blue
Eventually ,,Violet
and Finally,,just Plain White Moon .
Because it would be Crossing Further across the Rainbow,,and into the next color band when it came up on the horizon.
At "MoonRise",,it would be positioned so that we would see it through the Yellow Band of the rainbow,Or Green,Blue,,wherever
That also explains why Different times of Year,,different seasons the Moon appears different colors..
"Harvest Moon" in autumn is famous for it's dramatic Orangey-Golden glow.
The Earth's Seasonal Tilt puts US in a different place.
We are Looking through a different part of the Rainbow.
Quite an amazing optical illusion,,I think so anyway.
There's other unusual things about how the moon looks too.
Take Care :)
Especially during Full Moon!
It makes Lovers and Fools and turns men into Beasts.
The Caution is,,,,No One knows the Difference ;)
Yes, it reflects sunlight. Every object on Earth reflects light. That is how you see it. If rocks reflected no light at all, the would look completely black. But don't think of reflecting like a mirror. A mirror is polished flat so it has a special extra peroperty to its reflection called specularity, which allows it to reflect not just diffuse light but images.
it just reflects
like you I don't know either.
its sometihng about the positioning of the moon, earth and sun that makes light able to shine onto the moon and reflect down to earth.
the moon gets its light from the sun same as we do, it is reflected
towards earth, thats why we can see it
Not very well during a total lunar eclipse
The same way as the earth does. The light from the sun travels outwards and so the moon get its light.
Yes, the moon is polished by little moon elves of Krondor. Oddly, I have no idea where Krondor is. Heck, I d these little shrimps for years to no avail. All I know is that they have a lot of moon polish, a ton of buffer machines, and even more polish rags.
The sun's rays pass through the umbra of the earth, to hit and reflect off of the face of the moon. That's all there is to it, really.
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Answers:
All objects in our solar syatem get their light from our sun. How? Light travels from the sun and is reflected by the object, in this case the moon, and we see the reflected light.
the man in the moon lights his candle
The moon does not have it's own light. It reflects light from the sun and stars, which gives it the appearance of producing it's own light.
The moon reflects the sun's light. The different phases of the moon are caused by the relative positions of the sun, moon, and us.
We can only see the moon because sunlight is reflecting off its surface. It doesnt glow or light at all.
Which is weird, cause it sure looks like it does!
the moon reflects light from the sun.
since the monopolies commission looked into it, the moon is now free to get light from any sun, in its service area. It still has to pay our sun a line rental though.
Astronomers, not astrologers, study this sort of stuff. The moon happens to have a very reflective surface. It acts like a defect mirror that reflects ~15% of the actual sunlight. This is the reason we have phases too, because the angles between the Sun-Earth-Moon change.
The reflectivity of a surface is called the Albedo. The Moon reflects only 15%, however, it is directed in a more straight-line, so we see it brighter.
I think NASA is going to find out how that works, they may send a rocket to the sun, only to avoid burns I think they should go during the night time.
The moon doe snot have its own lights, the sun reflects on it,a nd we see the reflection, sasme with stars.
Yes the poem gets its light from the sun
the moon is white, white relfects all colors, making it "white light" thahs how it gerts it colors
i just studied teh light section in my Science class
It's reflection of light from the sun and you mean astronomers not astrologers. Astrologers are those people who mistakenly believe that you can derive some sort of cosmic truth about individuals lives and future events through looking at stars. Astronomers study space in a scientific way and although a bit nerdy are much more sensible.
Not that it matters though
its a reflection from the sun doh
Moon is rotating in the Orbit of Earth. Earth rotates upside down.
Part of it face Sun while opposite part goes in dark. Since Moon still faces the Sun so side of earth that is in dark can see the moon which is facing sun like other part of earth. If on rotation
Earth comes between Moon and Sun then you see Moon Eclispe
while if Moon comes between Earth and Sun then Sun Eclispse.
Hi,
You can duplicate the effect yourself
If you'd hang a basketball,,or any object really,,
Out in an open field with no background,
And shined a light on it
It would appear to "glow".
It would look like the object itself was producing the light.
Having it isolated from anything else which would reflect the Light Rays and "light up" too,,enhances the visual effect.
Viewed from Space,,the Earth is Much Much more Brilliant than the Moon is.
Main reason is because the Earth's WATER is Much more Reflective than the Moon's ol' dirty dusty drab grey rocks.
And we have a Lot more Colors,,Green Forests,,Golden Crops,,Red Trees in fall,,SnowWhite Snow,
glittery sand desserts,,,all sorts of colors.
And,Textures,,like the facets on a gemstone or a lense.
We reflect light in lots more different angles than Moon does.
And Moon doesn't spin,,,WE Do,,making us more sparkly as we swirl thru space
Plus,,the Earth has an Atmosphere,,the Moon doesn't
We are in a "GAS CLOUD" that GLOWS like a flourescent light.
The different gasses and densities create a prism type effect.
Like having a crystal globe on a lamp.
The Dusts and Ionized Particles in Earth's atmosphere twinkle and sparkle as they reflect the Sun's light.
Earth is kinda like one of those "Snow Globe" thingies,,
filled with water and glitter,,ya shake & iy looks like snow's falling
The Moon,,,is like just a golf ball sitting next to that.
Imagine a golf ball & a snow globe sitting next to each other,,
with a very bright spot light shining on them.
We kick Moon's Buuuuttttttt!!
...........
Ya know how Moon looks Orange-ish /Yellow sometimes? then it turns silvery white.
That's because of a RAINBOW sort of effect.
The Moon is in a band of One Color of a Huge Rainbow.
Ok,,ya know how a rainbow is a band of colors.
That's always,always in the same Order from Red to Blue
Red>Orange>Yellow>Green>Blue.
When we see the Moon Rising,,1st coming up over the horizon,,
It is Juuuuust coming out of Earth's shadow.
So the Sunlight that's shining on the Moon,,,is just barely going across the edge of Earth in a straight line to the moon.
But since Earth is a BALL,,and has an Atmosphere,,
Where the Sunlight passes across Edge of Earth,,,
the Light acts like it's passing thru a Prism,,,
and it Splits that light into a Spectrum,,A "rainbow"
The Bandwidth of Light,,which we commonly call COLOR,,that just coincidentally happens to be positioned at Earth's Horizon is almost RED,,but farther toward's Orange--which is a Mix of Red & Yellow.
So The Moon is Moving across that "rainbow" as it rises from our horizon.
Which is why it appears to Change Colors,,cuz it's moving from the Orange Band towards the Yellow band.
Ya know what's Weirder than That?
Especially after just talking about Moon being Orange & Yellow and Changing Colors.and almost EVERYBODY has seen that several times in their life
The Moon,,NEVER changes colors.
Never,Ever
We SEE it Change Colors,,,
Only because We SEE it THROUGH that "Rainbow".
The rainbow is between Us and The Moon,,,it's like Looking at The Moon though colored Cellophane.
If we went OUTSIDE of Earth's atmosphere,,where we could look straight at the Moon it would NEVER change colors at all.
Then,,it would be Strictly Reflecting SUNLIGHT back to our eyes,,,with No Colored "filter" between The Moon and Us.
If the Moon's Orbit was a Bigger Circle around Earth,,
we'd get to see it turn Banana Yellow.
Even Bigger Orbit,,we'd get to see a GREEN Moon
Bigger again,,,Blue
Eventually ,,Violet
and Finally,,just Plain White Moon .
Because it would be Crossing Further across the Rainbow,,and into the next color band when it came up on the horizon.
At "MoonRise",,it would be positioned so that we would see it through the Yellow Band of the rainbow,Or Green,Blue,,wherever
That also explains why Different times of Year,,different seasons the Moon appears different colors..
"Harvest Moon" in autumn is famous for it's dramatic Orangey-Golden glow.
The Earth's Seasonal Tilt puts US in a different place.
We are Looking through a different part of the Rainbow.
Quite an amazing optical illusion,,I think so anyway.
There's other unusual things about how the moon looks too.
Take Care :)
Especially during Full Moon!
It makes Lovers and Fools and turns men into Beasts.
The Caution is,,,,No One knows the Difference ;)
Yes, it reflects sunlight. Every object on Earth reflects light. That is how you see it. If rocks reflected no light at all, the would look completely black. But don't think of reflecting like a mirror. A mirror is polished flat so it has a special extra peroperty to its reflection called specularity, which allows it to reflect not just diffuse light but images.
it just reflects
like you I don't know either.
its sometihng about the positioning of the moon, earth and sun that makes light able to shine onto the moon and reflect down to earth.
the moon gets its light from the sun same as we do, it is reflected
towards earth, thats why we can see it
Not very well during a total lunar eclipse
The same way as the earth does. The light from the sun travels outwards and so the moon get its light.
Yes, the moon is polished by little moon elves of Krondor. Oddly, I have no idea where Krondor is. Heck, I d these little shrimps for years to no avail. All I know is that they have a lot of moon polish, a ton of buffer machines, and even more polish rags.
The sun's rays pass through the umbra of the earth, to hit and reflect off of the face of the moon. That's all there is to it, really.
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