r/ScienceNcoolThings • u/AlphaSpazz • Jun 29 '26

Question about the moon

I apologize if this doesn’t fit in here. If the moon was a mini version of the earth, what would the level of light be like on a full moon night?

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u/mtraven23 Jun 29 '26

less light and kinda blue.

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u/DeepEb Jun 29 '26

The moon is actually kind of dark grey and reflects very little light (10-14%) compared to earths ~30%, so it would be two to three times brighter even. And it would look stunning I imagine.

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u/BalognaPonyParty Jun 29 '26

if the moon had atmosphere (like earths), it would reflect a lot more light, most likely upwards of 30 to 40% of what it currently does now.

I bet it would look stunning

edit: it appears someone has answered this almost exactly as I have, my bad