why could we canot see the light falling on moon from sun at nights?

Question

we are able to see only reflected light from moon.

Answer 1

light do not reflected in space

Answer 2

You can't see light unless it reaches your eye. If there were a lot of dust in the space between the Earth and the Moon, you might see some of the sunlight heading toward the Moon. But the photons you see would have been reflected off the dust particles, not the Moon. The ones that lit up the Moon would be different photons than the ones that reflected off the dust. Together, they would give the appearance of visible streams of light coming to the Moon, but in actuality, every photon that appears in a different part of your field of vision is a different photon. The dust that revealed the sunlight deflects it to your eye and away from the Moon, making the Moon dimmer. And light coming off the Moon that gets re-deflected away from your eye by dust makes the Moon appear dimmer too. It's "zero sum". In fact, unless the dust was clumped into areas, or something else was out there blocking it here and there, the evenly distributed dust would not reveal "rays" of sunlight but a general fog of sunlight that would make everything in the night sky that much harder to see. So the lack of dust is good. More light to bounce off the Moon, less light being wasted on dust.

Answer 3

Why isn't the moon visible every night (or every day)?

Answer: The moon is only visible during part of each month. Whether it's visible during the day or night depends on how "far" the phase is from full or new. The moon orbits the earth once (approximately) each month. As a result, sometimes the moon appears very close to the sun in the sky, and sometimes it is far away from the sun in the sky. When the moon is opposite the sun in the sky (which is when full moon happens), it will rise as the sun sets and set as the sun rises. Therefore, a full moon will be up all night long, but not during the day. The further before or after full moon (in days), the more the moon will be visible during daytime hours (when the sun is in the sky). However, as the moon gets very close to new moon (when the moon and the sun are closest together), it is very difficult or impossible to see in the daytime sky.

Answer 4

Before it can reach you it must go to he moon and get reflected back,then you will be able to see it.

Answer 5

A photon which reaches the moon from the sun cannot also reach you, unless it is reflected. Indeed, unless a particular photon reaches your eye, you cannot see it at all.

Answer 6

Sunlight is invisible until it hits something it can illuminate. The same reason you can't see the light until it hits you or you can't see the light as it travels through space.

Answer 7

rays which moves with light velocity or m ore(yet not invented velocity more than light) can not be identified within this some other factors also effects it which can also be explained if u r having some knowledge of science(light&optices with fundamental principals.feel free to ask more detail.with best coopration.