Answer the following questions.
1. If the moon has no light of its own, then how does it shine?
Answers
The moon has no light of its own, but still it shine due to the sun's rays
In science, ‘black’ or ‘darkness’ is the absence of visible light, and ‘white’ is the presence of all of the wavelengths of visible Sun/starlight light. I know - it’s different in art where white is the absence of color - but that’s the discipline of art, not the discipline of science. Now you know there is a difference.
So, when you were out on the beach in the daytime, the white light of the sun produced all of the different colors in the matter around you. When there was no white light (moonless night with starlight being negligible for our purposes here), no color was produced. Everything was dark.
Okay - read that over until it makes sense more-or-less. You got it?
Now… You’re not on the beach; you’re on the moon. Apply what I just said. The moon’s surface is a dusty sand. When the white light of the Sun hits its surface, most of the light is reflected off of that kind of matter back into our eyes and we see all of the different wavelengths of light reflected back to us, meaning - - you got it: ‘white’. When sunlight is not striking the moon’s surface, we don’t see anything. Or, if you prefer, we see the absence of light: ‘darkness’ or ‘black’.
I know this looks like a long explanation, but never let that stop you. Good questions often don’t have short answers. If you really have a heart for science, then no matter what: you TAKE whatever time is needed for you to truly understand concepts. If you do, it will make later concepts possible to comprehend, sometimes even much easier, and either of those can be truly delightful things!