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The Moon does not shine under its own power. Where does the light we see from it come from?
ABurning surface rock
BReflected sunlight
CHeat from Earth
DIts own hot core
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Reflected sunlight
1. A body can either make its own light or bounce someone else's light back at us.
2. The Moon merely glows with reflected sunlight, so it belongs in the second group.
3. Its rocky surface gives off no light of its own, which is why the new moon is invisible.
_Source: OpenStax Astronomy (CC BY 4.0), Ch 4 "Earth, Moon, and Sky" and Ch 5 "Radiation and Spectra", section 4.5 Phases and Motions of the Moon_
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