Any astrologers out there who know how it all works?
2006-11-03 13:10:05 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Yeah I meant astonomer! And I know it reflects, I'm not stupid! I just wondered HOW?!
2006-11-03 13:41:02 · update #1
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.
2006-11-03 13:13:12 · answer #1 · answered by Woody Woodpecker 2 · 6⤊ 3⤋
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.
2006-11-03 13:14:30 · answer #2 · answered by icez 4 · 6⤊ 0⤋
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.
2006-11-03 14:37:09 · answer #3 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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
2006-11-03 13:19:38 · answer #4 · answered by Martin G 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
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.
2006-11-03 13:39:46 · answer #5 · answered by razawar 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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.
2006-11-08 17:30:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The same way as the earth does. The light from the sun travels outwards and so the moon get its light.
2006-11-07 08:29:33 · answer #7 · answered by patsy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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.
2006-11-03 13:13:29 · answer #8 · answered by quagi m 3 · 3⤊ 2⤋
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.
2006-11-05 02:22:08 · answer #9 · answered by FreakGirl 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The moon get it light from the sun because it dose not have it light on itself.
2014-10-02 09:35:18 · answer #10 · answered by bolanle 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋