What Makes the Moon Glow?

The moon doesn’t have its own light, it borrows light from the sun. When the moon is facing us, we see a full glow. But when part of it is turned away, we only see some of that borrowed light, so it looks less bright.

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Imagine you're shining a flashlight on a ball, when it's fully lit up, it glows bright; if part of it is in shadow, it looks dimmer.

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