Why does moon look white?

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  maria flor

  Re: abt the moon
  
  The moon looks white/gray-ish because of the sun..the reflection from the sun lights the moon up. The color of the moon depends how clear our atmosphere or the angle it is viewed from the earth.
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  optimystix

  Re: abt the moon
  
  

  maria flor

  The moon looks white/gray-ish because of the sun..the reflection from the sun lights the moon up. The color of the moon depends how clear our atmosphere or the angle it is vied from the earth.

  +1
  
  short and precise answer 😀
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  dinsh.mintu

  its based upon the eye v look. Not only dat, it depends on the amount of energy it consumes from sun..😁
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  sarah_joy

  moon's light comes from the light reflected by the sun that is why its color varies. The amount of light reflected by the sun to the moon isn't always equal because the moon rotates.
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  narayana murthy

  @sarah: you missed a point here moon rotates but moon is not on beside of earth
  not only moon all the planets and the entire solar system are not on exact beside of sun
  i don't remember exact name of that shape almost top of the sun but they are maintained because of the suns gravity on planets
  same theory applies to moon
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  silverscorpion

  well, moon revolves around the earth. It doesn't rotate.. There's a difference, you see..
  
  so, as it's said above, color of the moon depends on the atmospheric conditions and the amount of light being reflected from the sun. 😀
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  Kelly Stuart

  But gravitation may lead to babies........
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  lovejeet

  @silverscorpion:- moon do rotate also......................................
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  just_Ritu

  dinsh.mintu

  its based upon the eye v look. Not only dat, it depends on the amount of energy it consumes from sun..😁

  It doesn't consume any energy. It simply reflects the light which falls on it from the sun.😀
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  just_Ritu

  silverscorpion

  well, moon revolves around the earth. It doesn't rotate.. There's a difference, you see..
  
  so, as it's said above, color of the moon depends on the atmospheric conditions and the amount of light being reflected from the sun. 😀

  Well, to inform you. Moon rotates as well as revolves. It rotates and revolves with the same speed i.e. it takes equal amount of time to rotate about itself and make one revolution around the earth. This is the reason, why only one side of the moon is visible on the earth. The other side is always away from the earth and hence not visible.😀
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  just_Ritu

  As for the colour change, it depends on a variety of factors like the amount of light being reflected, the angle of reflection, the humidity of the atmosphere on Earth, the amount of light being received on Earth, etc.