28. Are there minerals on the Moon's surface that make it glow? (A K2S Question)

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No, Moon's surface on average has an albedo, or reflectance of light, similar to that of charcoal. All light that we see from the Moon is either sunlight bouncing off the Moon and into our eyes (the bright part of a crescent Moon), or sunlight bouncing off the Earth, then the Moon and back into our eyes (the dim part of a crescent Moon). Earthlight, the light during the lunar night reflected from the Earth, is significantly brighter than the light of a full Moon at night on Earth. No human has seen this yet.

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Answer provided by Thomas Matula, Ph.D. & Kenneth J. Murphy

Question and Answer extracted from the book Kids to Space - by Lonnie Schorer

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