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See my lengthy but relevant explanation.
Explanation:
In space, glowing stars are sources of light. Other lights come to us
by reflection from other sky bodies.
When it is reverse reflection to the star from which the light came, it
is powerful. This is what we see on a Full Moon alignment, Moon-
Earth-Sun. Else, it is weak and , in particular retro-reflection (
reflection from reflection), it is quite weak.
The proportion reflected is called
for Luna. .
The hue in the reflected light is attributed to the clear surface (if
any), the dust above the surface, rings around (if any ) and, in
general,, atmosphere with gas and ice, in all its grandeur.
Whether it is crescent, gibbous or full, the basaltic dust paints hue
to the reflected rays. Usually, it appears silvery. Full moon appears
bluish. In different phases, the unlit remaining part of the lunar disk
can also be seen from retro-reflection effect called
The distance matters for brightness. Next to Luna, the closest
Venus is brightest.
Mercury light is cloudy grey. Non-reddish and seemingly whitish
Venus is only the atmosphere of Venus that is filled with heavier
Mars is reddish, Jupiter is showing multi-color bands. Saturn is
whitish, Neptune and Uranus are bluish.
It is the distance that gives the make-believe-appearance like
stars, due to smallness in size.
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