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Does the moon reflect sunlight, or is it a source of light on it's own?

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Some idiot on Facebook wants to get into an argument about the moon being it's own light because it's in the bible.

Well I lost that argument lol...

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    In another story book its made of cheese, does that make it as real ?....????????

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    The Bible is a collection of Iron Age campfire stories told by goat farmers.  

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    Mrs Charlie made a comment when first visit in the UK "the Moon looks the same as ours" !

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In another story book its made of cheese, does that make it as real ?....????????

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Oh you of little faith. It's in Genesis chapter one, apparently...

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The Bible is a collection of Iron Age campfire stories told by goat farmers.

 

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Actually ask an elderly Thai.

You might be surprised.

The moon definitely sheds it own light.

Does being mooned before shine any light on the topic.....????

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Ok, so here's the challenge.

Ask your local Mama and Papa store where the moonlight comes from. Or the family.

Apparently it comes from the moon.

Bless them.

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7 minutes ago, sipi said:

Ok, so here's the challenge.

Ask your local Mama and Papa store where the moonlight comes from. Or the family.

Apparently it comes from the moon.

Bless them.

I knew a lady from the Philippines that thought the moon in the US & the moon in the PI were 2 different moons....

1 minute ago, pgrahmm said:

I knew a lady from the Philippines that thought the moon in the US & the moon in the PI were 2 different moons....

We used to ask the Filipina bar girls which was closer - the moon or Cebu. The answer was often the moon because they could see it.

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Mrs Charlie made a comment when first visit in the UK "the Moon looks the same as ours" !

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19 minutes ago, sipi said:

Ok, so here's the challenge.

Ask your local Mama and Papa store where the moonlight comes from. Or the family.

You spend enough in their ma and pa shop and they will tell you whatever you want to hear

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Cheese is not a light emitting surface. 

Science! 

 

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26 minutes ago, pgrahmm said:

I knew a lady from the Philippines that thought the moon in the US & the moon in the PI were 2 different moons....

I remember being stunned as a 12yo when allowed to stay up late and watch the Ashes cricket being played in England and broadcast to Australia live, they had a full moon too…! ????????‍♂️????

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29 minutes ago, pgrahmm said:

I knew a lady from the Philippines that thought the moon in the US & the moon in the PI were 2 different moons....

My ex Singaporean sister in law thought America and the USA were different countries! 

A bit off topic but when am I not?

 

I used to think that when the tide went out, the water just all went to the other side ---didn't believe my older Sister when she told me its all about the Moon... (although she did tell me a lot of other Mincey's in our childhood)

Well there is a mirror up there that reflects laser light so I guess the reflection theory partly works. 

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2 hours ago, LarrySR said:

The Bible is a collection of Iron Age campfire stories told by goat farmers.

 

yep and the goats had more common sense

3 hours ago, sipi said:

Oh you of little faith. It's in Genesis chapter one, apparently...

What is, the story of Armstrong and Eve?

As ridiculously fascinating as this story is.

 

Let me concentrate on the real world. I need to go to the Store to buy cat food.

 

......thats where this thread features in my priorities!

I don’t know about this light thing BUT a rabbit lives in the Thailand one and a man lives in the England one.

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The misses told me the moon emits it's own light because the sun is a couple of hundred miles away and it's too far to reflect.

When the sun goes behind the moon and darkens a particular point on earth, then why doesn't the moon then emit light?

19 hours ago, chickenslegs said:

No - there's no sunlight at night.

That's why astronauts can only fly to the sun at night. If they went in the day they would all be killed.

It must reflect direct sunlight sometimes and indirect from the Earth, at other times. If there were no nearby suns, distant 'star' light might be enough to give a planet or moon a bit of a glow.

The answer to this question is that:

 

aa.  Our Moon reflects light.

 

bb.  Our Moon also emits radiation, of its own.

 

I am sure that everybody here understands Black Body Radiation.  Correct?

 

And so, even if our Moon was by itself, far, far out in space...

 

Still, we would be able to calculate the amount of radiation (even light) that our Moon would radiate.

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You know, sometimes I wonder why I reply to some of these questions....

 

17 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

You know, sometimes I wonder why I reply to some of these questions....

 

I wonder that as well when you have your own thread to reply!

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