If the moon is part of the earth, then the moon shines but why the earth does not?????
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Let’s look at your question: First, “…If we are 70% water”… We are NOT 70% water as an earth, but the surface is covered in about 70 % water. Okay. What about, “ Why doesn’t the earth shine on the Moon?” Why do you think it doesn’t? Where is your evidence?
Of course, the Earth Does shine on the Moon, and not just because of the reflective water. Dirt & clouds reflect light, too! Especially clouds. We wouldn’t have those awesome photos of Earth (The “Blue Marble”, etc.) from space & the Moon’s surface—if Earth didn’t reflectively shine—it would just look black!
Now let’s look at your word, “Shine”. The Earth doesn’t really “Shine” because it is a dark, rocky planet. Only Stars “shine with visible light. What the Earth can do is reflect light from the Sun, and actually from the bright moon, too. The same goes for the Moon. It just reflects light from the Sun & Earth. All the original light either comes from far-away stars (not much!) or from our own bright star, the Sun.
If you look up Images of “Earthshine” you will find many beautiful photos of a partial Moon (such a crescent moon) where the crescent is brightly lit by direct sunlight, and the rest of the moon is in a pale light which has reflected there from the Earth—direct evidence that the sunlight reflects off the earth, then travels to the Moon, where it reflects AGAIN, then just barely makes it back to Earth for us to see in some beautiful pastel or light gray color. It really is very impressive, and I have seen it with my naked eye many dozens of time. Enjoy!
Edit: I forgot to mention that if you imagine the Sun, Earth, & Moon as rotating on a piece of paper, the moon doesn’t stay on the piece of paper all the time. As it goes around the Earth, it sometimes dips below or rises above the imagined piece of paper. It also isn’t always exactly the same distance from the Earth. this changes the way the sunlight and light reflections strike the Earth & Moon. These conditions cause and allow for different coincidence, the moon is almost exactly the same size as the sun in the sky (about half a degree), so the area where solar totality occurs is a tiny point on the earth’s surface!
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Of course, the Earth Does shine on the Moon, and not just because of the reflective water. Dirt & clouds reflect light, too! Especially clouds. We wouldn’t have those awesome photos of Earth (The “Blue Marble”, etc.) from space & the Moon’s surface—if Earth didn’t reflectively shine—it would just look black!
Now let’s look at your word, “Shine”. The Earth doesn’t really “Shine” because it is a dark, rocky planet. Only Stars “shine with visible light. What the Earth can do is reflect light from the Sun, and actually from the bright moon, too. The same goes for the Moon. It just reflects light from the Sun & Earth. All the original light either comes from far-away stars (not much!) or from our own bright star, the Sun.
If you look up Images of “Earthshine” you will find many beautiful photos of a partial Moon (such a crescent moon) where the crescent is brightly lit by direct sunlight, and the rest of the moon is in a pale light which has reflected there from the Earth—direct evidence that the sunlight reflects off the earth, then travels to the Moon, where it reflects AGAIN, then just barely makes it back to Earth for us to see in some beautiful pastel or light gray color. It really is very impressive, and I have seen it with my naked eye many dozens of time. Enjoy!
Edit: I forgot to mention that if you imagine the Sun, Earth, & Moon as rotating on a piece of paper, the moon doesn’t stay on the piece of paper all the time. As it goes around the Earth, it sometimes dips below or rises above the imagined piece of paper. It also isn’t always exactly the same distance from the Earth. this changes the way the sunlight and light reflections strike the Earth & Moon. These conditions cause and allow for different coincidence, the moon is almost exactly the same size as the sun in the sky (about half a degree), so the area where solar totality occurs is a tiny point on the earth’s surface!
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moon never shines on its own i.e. moon don't give us light, it only have a reflecting surface and with the help of sun's light rays it shines bright.
on the other hand earth don't have much reflecting surface so it is unable to shine like moon.
but when we see from outer space then planets also shine like stars but comparatively less.
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