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.
No the moon does not produce the light we here on earth see, what we see if the sun light being reflected off of the moon. Astronomers and several Astronauts have seen flashes of light on the moon, but they don't know what causing them, as of this time. Source(s): Gloom & Doom.