If the sun's light can cause rainbows, then can the moon's do the same
2007-01-15 06:12:10 · 16 answers · asked by Su R 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
Yes, just as any light source at the correct angle may cause a rainbow effect in a field of water droplets (you can try this for yourself some night with a mist from a garden hose and a flashlight or car headlight).
2007-01-15 06:20:22 · answer #1 · answered by Bender 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Moonlight produces rainbows in exactly the same way that sunlight does. Moonbows, however, have no colour and appear white. A ring around the moon is the 22° halo with moonlight being refracted through ice crystals in cirrostratus cloud. Coloured rings close to the moon are the corona and these are caused by diffraction in altocumulus or stratocumulus cloud.
2007-01-15 08:21:10 · answer #2 · answered by tentofield 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have never seen rainbows but I have noticed, on clear nights, haloes rond the moon. If there is passing cloud then these haloes will appear in different colours like a rainbow. This happens usually before a spell of rain.
2007-01-15 06:32:40 · answer #3 · answered by rusty 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would cause a rainbow since it is reflected light from the sun reflected off a white object, so it is still light enough. But it would probably not be bright enough to be seen by the human eye.
2016-05-24 07:07:34 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, because the moon's light is really just the suns light reflecting off. The Moon doesn't give out its own light.
2007-01-15 06:15:47 · answer #5 · answered by Fredo 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, well sort of. light from the sun that is reflected off the moon can create rainbows called moonbows
2007-01-15 06:16:08 · answer #6 · answered by Brendon J 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Like people have answered the moon is the reflection of the sun but, if the air is damp or there is slight cloud then YES you can see the colours of the prism around the moon. Hope this is the kind of answer that you are loooking for....
British not the way I spelt COLOUR..........LOL
2007-01-15 06:20:28 · answer #7 · answered by Laird John Meredith 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The moon's light is a reflection from the sun, so obviously its the sun's reflection.
and yes, because it's not really the moon's light, it's the sun.
so it's the same thing.
2007-01-15 06:16:46 · answer #8 · answered by Joanne M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, radiation reflected from the moon is far too low by a factor of millions.
2007-01-15 06:48:11 · answer #9 · answered by John C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that is very unlikely because the moon doesn't emit light it reflects the suns light 99.9% of the time that wont be enough light
2007-01-15 06:21:55 · answer #10 · answered by Sean C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋