If you were on the moon and there were no lights on (via space craft cameras) would it be totally dark, or would you be able to see the 'light' from earth like a beacon in the night?
2007-03-26 15:54:48 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
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2007-03-27 08:19:40 · update #1
I would be able to see from my super white smile, but for other people i don't know
2007-03-26 16:44:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Seriously:
In daylight the moon is blindingly bright because of reflection off the surface - that's why the lunar astronauts visors were dark glass.
Yes, the earth would give considerable light to the nighttime on the moon - the earth presents a face 13 times the size of the moon, and we get a lot of light from the moon.
By the way, you can see Earthlight on the moon, if you go to a dark place and see the new crescent moon. You can see the dark part of the moon lit up dimly by reflected sunlight off the earth.
Such a pity that people all live in cities now and never see these things. Astronomy is becoming more of a puzzle to people in the modern era than it was 200 years ago because of light pollution.
2007-03-26 16:15:28 · answer #2 · answered by nick s 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The side that you see from Earth, is always the same face, however, the side you do not see, will also get sunlight (in the New Moon phase). If you are on the moon, the sky will appear dark, but the surface will be lit up, as long as you are facing the sun. The sky appears dark, because there is not enough atmosphere around the moon, to deflect the sunlight to make the "blue" sky that you see on Earth.
2007-03-26 16:17:29 · answer #3 · answered by hell_speak 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The moon gets sunlight just like we do on earth. The days are 2 weeks long, but they are lit by the sun all the same.
If you were on the side facing the earth and the earth saw the moon as a "new moon", then your side of the moon would not be in sunlight and so it would be dark. But a full earth in the moon's sky would light up the landscape even more than a full moon on earth would.
2007-03-26 16:03:44 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
The side of the moon that is facing the sun will be lit the same way the earth is. If you were in the dark area on the moon, you could look at the earth and it would have phases just like we see with the moon (bigger of course).
2007-03-26 15:58:55 · answer #5 · answered by suigeneris-impetus 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
at the beginning, the Moon isn't continually closer to the solar. because it orbits the Earth 0.5 the time it fairly is closer to the solar, 0.5 the time it fairly is larger away. the place the solar is shining it fairly is shiny, surely brighter than right here on earth as there is not any ecosystem to take in and scatter a number of the sunshine. without the ambience no easy is scattered to grant a familiar illumination in all instructions. the sunshine from the solar arrives from one direction, like a spotlight. that is shiny in the sunshine, yet very dark the place the place it does not shine.
2016-12-08 12:07:14 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only on the dark side. Yes, you could see like on earth when a full moon is shining, only the light would be reflected from earth and should be a little brighter.
2007-03-26 16:34:50 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The moon has a day that lasts a little over 29 days and during that period, the entire moon gets sunlight at one time or another. It's very light on the moon.
2007-03-26 16:10:31 · answer #8 · answered by Gene 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No of course not. The moon goes through a day and night cycle like the earth, but much slower since it only turns once per orbit around the earth, and the orbit around the earth is about 29 days. So daylight and nightime on the moon would last about 14-15 earth days. You can see this for yourself by watching the moon's phases. The lit up part of the moon is the day side (duh) and the dark part is the night side (duh).
2007-03-26 17:26:50 · answer #9 · answered by Roman Soldier 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There is a dark side and a lighted side of the moon. Pink Floyd has documented this. Astronauts have documented this. And, Oh, by the way, those flickering lights we call stars, those are visible from the moon.
2007-03-26 15:58:20 · answer #10 · answered by Curious_Yank_back_in_South_Korea 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No during a full moon the sun is reflecting on half of it so half is dark and half is as bright as day and if your looking at a part of earth that is in daytime you could but mostly i dont think sun light reflects off the earth so you will be in darkness
2007-03-26 15:58:01 · answer #11 · answered by kiwana911 1 · 0⤊ 3⤋