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.
Why does moon reflect the light of sun to earth? because moon is a illumines object .it can't make light on its own.so the light from the sun will be reflected to the moon in night times Edit