Do earth shine as bright as moon?

Question

I read earth’s moon is the second brightest object in the sky after the Sun. Moon shines as it reflects the sun light so do the earth and other planets. Why then the moon shine maximum (is brightest)? Does its rocks have better reflecting rocks or what?

Answer 1

The Moon & Sun are the brightest that WE here on Earth can see, The Earth Is as Bright if not Brighter than the Moon, From a distance the Earth is bright because the Sun's light reflects off of the atmosphere. Bright and Blue.

Answer 2

The moon is the 2nd brightest thing in the sky if we are speaking of Earth's sky. That's because the moon is so close to the Earth.The amount of reflected light from any body is called its Albedo, expressed by a number from zero to one. Zero being the least reflective (not at all) and one being the most reflective (100%).

Many bodies, including Earth have higher albedos than the moon, which is actually composed of rather dark rock. As far as our Solar System is concerned, the champion is Venus, due to its thick cloud covering.

Answer 3

The moon is the second-brightest object in the sky AS SEEN FROM EARTH.

However, seen from space or some other location, all else being equal the earth will appear brighter than the moon. Besides being bigger, the earth has a higher albedo than the moon, that is, it reflects more of the light that falls upon it than does the moon.

Another way of looking at it, the earth seen from the moon is MUCH brighter than the moon seen from the earth.

Answer 4

Let's just go with the basics,..

White is Amazeing at this,.. then there isn't any of that Ozone Atmosphere stuff blocking view. You look at The Moon,.. you see tiny little details. You go on The Moon and look at The Earth,.. it's a bit blurry in compare. Getting not as simple,.. Those layers of Atmosphere here like to obsorb in the light and heat from The Sun,..

*yawns and rubs her eyes* I would guess Our Moon is getting a little extra light into it sicne our planet has artificle light. I wouldn't think our Specific Moon would be the second brightest thing in our Solar System,.. maybe from our visiablity,.. but I bet it being a Solid White adds to it's shine since some other Satellites (or you may think they are called Moons for other planets) aren't so Clear and/or White.

Answer 5

Okay, I think the claim that earth's moon is the "2nd brightest object" refers to the fact, visible from the surface of the earth, the moon as an object has the 2nd highest magnitude, followed by some other planets, and then by the brightest stars. It's not a statement of albedo, or reflectivity, which I think you've got it confused with. As a matter of fact, I think Venus has a higher albedo than Earth.

Answer 6

The Earth shines much more brightly than the Moon.

The reflectivity of planets and other celestial bodies is called the albedo. The Earth's averages about 30%, and the Moon's, about 12%.

Answer 7

The Earth does shine brighter than the moon but we are standing on the Earth not out in space looking at it. The Earth is much bigger and has much more surface area so it would be brighter from an equal distance in space. See Tham's description above - He's got my vote!

Answer 8

Someone put the moon in a rock polisher making it real shiney! Can't do that with Earth as the people get caught in and seize up the tumbler.

Answer 9

No, it only appears brightest from Earth. There are other stars that burn just as bright as the sun,they are just farther away.

Answer 10

Me! Probably a lot of sunlight being reflected off the moon to earth?