2006-06-26 02:13:51 · 20 answers · asked by mtnman 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
The sky is not reflective like the moon.
2006-06-26 02:16:30 · answer #1 · answered by scruffy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In order to see light, that is not shining in your direction,
It needs to be reflected off something, on Earth, the amount of dust in the air maybe enough to reflect the light, to show a beam of light.
At Night, with the Sun block by the earth, we get dark sky, but the Moon is so high up. that Earth usually don't block it (Earth Block the Moon, few days a Month, and on lunar ellipse).
Light from the Sun, reflect off the surface of Moon, there is little other matter in space that reflect the large amount of light as compare to the Sun.
Thus We have a nice bright Moon, on a dark night sky.
2006-06-26 09:19:32 · answer #2 · answered by Mac C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what we see off the moon is a reflection of the sun's light. the different phases of the moon is caused by shadows not allowing the light to reflect. the sun doesn't light the whole sky because it isn't really facing that particular side it has set and is past the horizon.
2006-06-26 09:17:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The same way you can see the reflection of a light in a mirror when the light source is behind you.
The orbit of the moon isn't exactly on the same plane as the orbit of the earth around the sun.
2006-06-26 10:44:27 · answer #4 · answered by corvis_9 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The moon is reflecting light from the sun.
2006-06-26 09:17:14 · answer #5 · answered by Not_Here 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the sun's light is reflected on to the moon but the light travels to a diffrent part if the earths sky
2006-06-26 09:46:10 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Light must be reflected off of something to be seen. When the light is reflected off of the moon it is seen but empty space(the sky) does not reflect light.
2006-06-26 09:23:21 · answer #7 · answered by Answer_dude 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If by "sky" you mean Earth's sky, then you know that it IS lit by light from the Sun. Our sky is lit because it's got lots and lots of molecules in it and each one reflects a tiny bit of sunlight. The "sky" of space is different though. It doesn't light up because there are no molecules there to reflect sunlight.
2006-06-26 10:28:44 · answer #8 · answered by Chug-a-Lug 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The moon is acting like a poor mirror. It partially reflects some of the sunlight to us while we can not see the sun.
2006-06-26 09:17:28 · answer #9 · answered by Dennis Fargo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The light you see is the light that is reflected back to your eyes. You see colors because that is the spectrum of white light that is being reflected back to you. The vacuum of space and air without particles of dust and water vapor is translucent.
2006-06-26 09:21:30 · answer #10 · answered by n317537 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋