I constantly see the moon at sunset....just today in fact. It was a crescent the other day.... But not at sunrise that I can think of, but definitely other amounts - full, and possibly 3/4
The Rotation on the face of the moon changes with the phase, it is not the same point in the sky at different phases at the same time of the year, so I have tried to spot the reflection on the surface.
GeekMage did a good job of explaining the ball lighting though. Specifically "scene" or "directional" lighting would come in "mostly perpendicular" to the surface, and this would result in reflected light but possibly "diffused" by the surface properties.
This would scatter the light much like you get when you shine onto a pile of dirt - it does not reflect like it does on water.
The thing I can somewhat not prove is the distance itself. There are lots of possible combinations which could in theory provide a similar output.
So if it is reflected light, it does not mean the sun is as far away as they tell us...nor does it mean the earth is a ball....
It just means that there are multiple solutions to your linear equation.
Can we also acknowledge that both the sunlight and the moonlight come through our atmosphere as well, so it can also been scattered slightly during the transport
I constantly see the moon at sunset....just today in fact. It was a crescent the other day.... But not at sunrise that I can think of, but definitely other amounts - full, and possibly 3/4
The Rotation on the face of the moon changes with the phase, it is not the same point in the sky at different phases at the same time of the year, so I have tried to spot the reflection on the surface.
GeekMage did a good job of explaining the ball lighting though. Specifically "scene" or "directional" lighting would come in "mostly perpendicular" to the surface, and this would result in reflected light but possibly "diffused" by the surface properties.
This would scatter the light much like you get when you shine onto a pile of dirt - it does not reflect like it does on water.
The thing I can somewhat not prove is the distance itself. There are lots of possible combinations which could in theory provide a similar output.
So if it is reflected light, it does not mean the sun is as far away as they tell us...nor does it mean the earth is a ball....
It just means that there are multiple solutions to your linear equation.
Can we also acknowledge that both the sunlight and the moonlight come through our atmosphere as well, so it can also been scattered slightly during the transport
Judging my the disparity with the responses I am receiving, I can't help but feel that I am expressing myself poorly.
Thanks for entertaining my Questions none the less.