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So-called moonshine is simply light reflected or re-emitted from the moon and this radiation serves to heat the earth slightly. This also varies with the phases of the moon during the month. This extra radiation is just 10**-5 that of the direct solar energy so this also gives a roughly 0.01-0.02 degree effect. 3) Stabilising the Earthâs axis. It seems likely that without the moonâs stabilising gyroscopic effect the earthâs axis would be more chaotic.
Further, the processes are exactly the same whether radiation is incoming or outgoing. The sun does radiate in the infrared and CO2 at the top of the atmosphere absorbs and radiates about half of the incoming infrared radiation at frequencies near 700 cm-1back into space. There is also outgoing infrared radiation that is absorbed and re-radiated back to earth.