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.
As the Moon orbits Earth, we see lunar phases as the amount of the Moonâs sunlit face visible to us varies. At full Moon, we can see the entire illuminated side. At quarter Moon, only half the sunlit side can be seen. At new Moon, the sunlit face points away from us, and the Moon is nearly invisible from Earth.