In how much time does moonlight reach the earth?

Posted by Keshav Jain on



Moonlight takes approximately 1.28 seconds to reach Earth's surface. Light travels through space at almost 300,000 kms per second. The moon is 384,400 kms from Earth, so light from the Moon's surface has to travel more than one second to reach us.



The color of moonlight, particularly around full moon, appears bluish to the human eye compared to most artificial light sources due to the Purkinje effect. Moonlight is not actually tinted blue, and despite often being described as "silvery", it has no inherent silvery quality.



The Moon's albedo is 0.136, meaning only 13.6% of incident sunlight is reflected from the lunar surface.



 



Picture Credit : Google


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