The moon is always the same color. It appears different because you are seeing it through haze, clouds, smog, and anything else in the air.
The sky is blue because blue light reflects off of the atmosphere more than other colors of light. When light hits a different medium, like glass or water, the blue light will bend more than red light as it enters. In a water droplet, this will cause red light to be more likely to go straight through and blue light to more likely be reflected back.
2006-08-01 23:49:23
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answered by nondescript 7
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It's basically the same principle of a rainbow.
Light from the sun splits up into it's various component colours. During the day, the blue is refracted toward you, and in the mornings and evenings you see the red end of the spectrum.
The light from the moon can do the same thing if the angles are right.
2006-08-01 23:46:04
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answered by tgypoi 5
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When the moon is lower, in our atmosphere its light has to travel through the air and dust and smog to get to your eyes. So that is why it is orange. When it moves higher in the sky, there is less pollution up there. The sky is blue due to the concentration of gases in our atmosphere.
2006-08-01 23:44:13
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answered by Anonymous
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cause the sun's light falling on that through the air around earth.
2006-08-01 23:43:45
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answered by archana3k1 4
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