Moonlight 929147 222766615 2008-07-01T00:32:16Z Numbo3-bot 7118326 robot Modifying: [[es:Claro de Luna (Astronomía)]] {{otheruses|Moonlight (disambiguation)}} [[Image:A_full_moon_reflecting_off_the_river_-_NOAA.jpg|thumb|right|Moonlight]] '''Moonlight''' is the light that comes to Earth from the [[Moon]]. This light does not originate from the Moon, but is actually reflected [[sunlight]]. The "intensity" of moonlight varies greatly depending on the current [[lunar phase]], but even the [[full moon]] typically provides only a faint illumination of about 0.2&nbsp;[[lux|lx]], so the full moon is about 500,000 times fainter than the sun. When the moon is viewed at high [[Altitude (astronomy)|altitude]] at tropical [[latitude]]s, the [[illuminance]] can reach 1&nbsp;lx.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Bunning |first=Erwin |coauthors= and Moser, Ilse |year=1969 |month=Apr. |title=Interference of moonlight with the photoperiodic measurement of time by plants, and their adaptive reaction |journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |volume=62 |issue=4 |pages=1018–1022 |url=http://www.pnas.org/cgi/reprint/62/4/1018| doi=10.1073/pnas.62.4.1018 |accessdate=2006-11-10 |pmid=16591742 }}</ref> The color of moonlight, particularly near full moon, appears bluish to the human eye compared to most artificial light sources. Moonlight is considered by many people to be more romantic than sunlight. For example, it is referenced in several love songs. <ref>[http://www.moonlightsys.com/themoon/lyrics3.html]</ref> ==See also== {{wiktionarypar|moonlight}} {{commoncat}} *[[Albedo]] *[[Daylight]] *[[Scotobiology]] ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * [http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/MoonPhase.html Phases of the Moon] at [[USNO]] * [http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/28sep_strangemoonlight.htm Strange Moonlight] at [http://science.nasa.gov/ Science@NASA] * [http://home.earthlink.net/~kitathome/LunarLight/moonlight_gallery/technique/moonbright.htm Moonlight Brightness] at [http://home.earthlink.net/~kitathome/LunarLight/index.html LunarLight Photography] [[Category:Observing the Moon]] [[Category:Light]] {{moon-stub}} [[de:Mondlicht]] [[es:Claro de Luna (Astronomía)]] [[gl:Luar]] [[lv:Mēness gaisma]] [[ml:നിലാവ്]] [[nl:Maanlicht]] [[ja:月の光]] [[vi:Ánh trăng]]