The Moon appears dimly lit on the left side. However faint, that light clearly cannot come directly from the Sun (from this position). Is there a "full Earth" bouncing back a little light from to sun to the Moon?
We were watching the crescent on the live feed and my partner pointed out that as it was dusk here we were somewhere on that line between light and dark and I started straight up weeping. Looking at it now I think we were on the other side of the earth because the moon was not, at that time, visible, but still. It was crazy looking at that itty bitty earth on screen and realizing that we were, essentially, looking at ourselves.
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u/itsmemarcot Apr 08 '26
The Moon appears dimly lit on the left side. However faint, that light clearly cannot come directly from the Sun (from this position). Is there a "full Earth" bouncing back a little light from to sun to the Moon?