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One thing I've noticed while looking at the Moon, the "dark" part is lit enough to see that it's an orb and not really being eaten by darkness. This webpage do
by axus 2y ago
One thing I've noticed while looking at the Moon, the "dark" part is lit enough to see that it's an orb and not really being eaten by darkness. This webpage doesn't do that, I guess it's from a different perspective without the earth shining on the Moon.
- ribcage 2y agoI often wonder if it's just my imagination or is it really like that. I am still not sure.
- scoreandseven 2y agoThink of how when the moon is in the sky at night the ground on Earth is lit up and not fully black. Same with the moon, it’s not totally dark on the night side of the moon if the Earth is in the sky from the moon’s perspective.
- pierrec 2y agoI guess you alreay know this, but for reference this is caused by earthlight (light diffused and reflected by the earth): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthlight_(astronomy) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthlight_(astronomy) Sometimes it's clearly visible, but often I agree that it's hard to tell if you're imagining it or not.
- jval43 2y agoThere's a short paragraph on "earthshine" towards the end.