why does the moon glow?? & if you were on the moon would it still glow?

Answer 1

Its the sun light. And it doesn't glow when you're on it. It just looks grey and dusty. Took me three weeks to wash out that damn moon dust!

Answer 2

The Moon emits no light of its own.

It is most strongly lit by the Sun, but it is also lit by sunlight reflected from the Earth, known as Earthlight or Earthshine. This is mainly visible within a few days of New Moon, when the Sun is illuminating mostly the far side of the Moon and only a little sunlight creeps around the edge of the Moon. At that time the Earth is close to fully illuminated by the Sun, so a lot of sunlight is reflected onto the dark side of the Moon. This is called "the old Moon in the new Moon's arms" and is often visible to the naked eye, and always in binoculars or a telescope.

Answer 3

To paraphrase the Chilis:
"Your glowing moon is just a mirror for the sun".

It reflects light energy given out during nuclear fusion reactions that take place on the surface of the sun.
Whether you can see the reflected light depends on the position of the moon relative to the earth and of the earth's position relative to the sun.

Answer 4

The moon only reflects the Sun's light - it doesn't glow by itself. Think of it like a shiny metal ball in your garden. At night, you can't see it, but shine a torch round and you'll see the reflection.

If the torch is shining from the side, you'll only see half the reflection, if you are holding the torch you'll see the whole moon. If someone else is on the other side of the ball, you won't see any reflection. As the moon moves round the Earth and the Earth round the Sun, you see different shapes (or "phases") of the moon.

Answer 5

Moon glows or shines because of the sunlight falling and getting reflected from its surface. If you were on the moon, it is like standing in the sunlight. And the night side of the moon will be dark.

Answer 6

The moon glows due to light reflecting back from the sun. The moon doesn't actually have its own source of light so all light we see is reflected off it.

Answer 7

the moon glow due to the reflection of light from the sun, if your on the moon,it wont glow,but the earth glow instead.

Answer 8

The Moon does not glow... It only the reflects the light from the sun...

Answer 9

the moon glows because of the sun light that is reflected. if you were on the moon you would see earth glowing, does earth seem to be glowing when we are on it?

Answer 10

Light from the sun reflects off the surface of the moon. The moon's albedo (ie, the fraction of incident light that is reflected) is 0.12, which is about the same as that of a highway surface.

If you shade your eyes and look downwards, you can see quite clearly, but nearly all the light you see is reflected off the ground. The same will apply on the moon, albeit to a slightly lesser degree, as there is no atmosphere for light to scatter off.