2006-08-20 09:35:30 · 17 answers · asked by GRANT H 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
The Moon gives off no light of its own but reflects sunlight from its rocky surface. What we call moonshine is actually sunshine reflected by the Moon.
Did you know that there’s also a third kind of shine? It’s called earthshine, meaning sunlight reflected by the Earth. We have only one way to see it. That occurs because some of the earthshine falls on the Moon and is reflected back to Earth again. By this dim light we can sometimes see the outline of the whole moon behind the crescent of a new moon.
2006-08-20 09:43:05 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The moon isn't like the sun- it doesn't shine itself. You can only see the moon when the sun is reflecting off of the moons surface. However for this to be able to happen the sun and moon have to be in the right places- this is why you can only see the moon at certain times.
2006-08-20 09:49:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The moon doesn't shine at all. The white is the sun reflecting off of the moons surface.
2006-08-20 09:42:08 · answer #3 · answered by zeuster2 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The light is reflected. The Sun shines on it and we see the reflected light. Like any reflected light we see the colour of the surface that is doing the reflecting. The Moon is mainly light grey so that is the colour we see.
2006-08-20 09:43:26 · answer #4 · answered by marineboy63 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The surface rock/dust of the moon is white(ish) & the light from the sun which reflects off it is white.
The air which the reflected light rays pass through on their way to your eyes contains virtualy transparent gasses & water droplets so it does not block any frequencies of light (well to be precise air scatters a small amount of blue, making the sky appear blue).
The full spectrum of visible red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo & violet photon frequencies (that combine to make up the Sun's white light) pass straight through to your eye's colour receptors, so you see white.
2006-08-20 09:41:18 · answer #5 · answered by Quasimojo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
reflection of the suns light againts the atmospher of earth creates a white glow to the moon however it is said that the moon itsellf is actually glowing red/yellow like the sun
2006-08-24 08:35:29 · answer #6 · answered by frazzle169 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the sun reflect its' shine to the moon.
2006-08-23 23:35:24 · answer #7 · answered by via 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is reflections from the sun that makes the moon bright.
2006-08-20 09:42:01 · answer #8 · answered by dantrc724 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the same thing that makes the stars shine white and on that note i have seen the moon in many diff shades of well reddish oh and i once seen a moonbow at night time you see them near water falls except i wasnt near one but it was kinda misty that night
2006-08-20 09:55:22 · answer #9 · answered by MARION J 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The sun shining on it. Thought everyone knew that!
2006-08-20 09:40:53 · answer #10 · answered by Jude 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋