when does the moon shine particulary strongly?
the moon shines particularly strongly when it is at the highest point of its observable course as a full moon, because then the light also reaches the troughs of the oceans’ waves and thus the moon can double its power of illumination. shortly after the new moon the moon shines especially strongly, because then the sun is located behind the moon and the illumination of its parts is caused by the fact that only the crests of the waves at the lateral edge of the globe are hit by the sun. and in turn the crests of the waves stand very close together to the observing eye, so that the eye is actually gazing at the lateral edge of the globe, and hence cannot look into the troughs between the waves.
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- why does the moon shine?
- why does the monn not always shine with the same intensity?
- how can the moon reflect light?
- why does the moon sometimes shine only partially?
- when is the sun's light most strongly reflected from the earth to the moon?
- can the moon be a shiny mirror?
- why must the moon's surface be liquid?
- how does a person see the reflection of the sun in the sea?
- does the sun appear to be the same size from all points of the earth that are illuminated by it?
- how can one determine the volume of the sun without leaving the earth?
- does the moon also shine during the day?
- why must the moon have an uneven surface?
- why does the moon shine as a whole?
- why does the moon have a light surrounding it when the sun is setting?
- why doesn't the moon fall to the earth?
- why does the moon shine more weakly than the sun?
- does water have the shape of a sphere?
- why does the moon sometimes have a shining ring?
- why is the uneven surface of the moon composed of water?
- is the size of the moon in fact due to the expansion of light?
- what happens, when winds agitate the water of the moon?
- why does the eye see the sun as a tiny image in the sea?
