> The internet says moonlight is 1/345th the power of sunlight but once you factor in Earth's larger radius and larger albedo you get 1/9th the power of sunlig

> The internet says moonlight is 1/345th the power of sunlight but once you factor in Earth's larger radius and larger albedo you get 1/9th the power of sunlight. That sounds weird. As per Wikipedia, Sun's apparent magnitude is around -26.7, full Moon's is -12.7, so the Sun is 400000 times brighter than the Moon under the best circumstances. Earth being larger can't correct this by three orders of magnitude.