What is the origin of 'sleep tight'? One of the mysteries of the English language finally explained.
The moon doesn't glow in a very real sense. It reflects the Sun's light. (Or the Earth's light if you're not on Earth and in the right position.) As Quora User says, the moon has a high albedo. So it reflects pretty well.
The moon doesn't really go through phases, its just that because we are spinning around the sun, and the moon spins around us, the sun lights up different parts of the moon, w â¦ hich is the part we can see. 1 person found this useful.