Why is the sun is brighter than the moon?

Answer 1

Because the sun is out in the daytime, when it's bright! :)

Answer 2

The sun is brighter than the moon, because while the sun creates it's own light, as do the stars, though from much further away, the moon only reflects the light of the sun back at us. And since the light is dimmed by it's travel to the moon, and during that through the Umbra (shadow) of the earth, as well as by the distance between the earth and the moon, the light from the moon isn't as bright as it is directly from the sun.
However, during September we experience what is called a Hunter's Moon, or a Harvest Moon; where the sun and moon align just so, and the light reflects back at us perfectly with little to no dimming; at this time full night, between 20 and 02, the dark is lit up almost as much as if it were full noon.

Answer 3

The moon is small and far away from the sun, so the light it reflects is only a very small percent of the light produced by the sun

Answer 4

Because unlike the sun, the moon doesn't produce it's own light. It just reflects the light from the sun.

Answer 5

Because the sun has the light, the moon only reflects it back.

Answer 6

the sun is a essentially a large star, it is continously fusing atoms together which gives off light as one of its products. The moon is a piece of solid body in the air and the suns light shines on the moon, the moon reflects light off and u see the light.

Answer 7

because the sun if a huge ball of burning gas, and the moon is a big rock that just reflects the light the sun casts

Answer 8

The sun emits light radiation as the result of nuclear fusion whereas the moon merely reflects light.

Answer 9

I agree that the sun is a star that generates immense electromagnetic energy. This energy continues to travel infinitely through the universe. The reverse example is given to us by scientific astronomers when they tell us how many zillions of years it has taken light from other distant stars to hit our eyeballs and sensing devices.

This is an excellent and very profound question that has occupied the greatest minds, ancient and contemporary!

As for our lunar friend, it can only reflect a very small amount of solar energy to us.

Answer 10

the sun produces light and the moon just reflects the light from the sun to get it luminescence.

Answer 11

Because the moon only reflects light.