Question

Which best describes why the moon appears to shine its own light?

Answer 1

The answer is D: The moon’s surface reflects sunlight.

The moon is Earth´s natural satellite. It is an astronomical body that orbits the Earth in a synchronous rotation with it (that is why we can only see, from Earth, one of its sides, the other being the dark side of the moon). Since the moon, unlike the sun which is a star that produces energy and is, therefore, a light source, it does not shine through its own light, rather it can only reflect upon its surface the sun´s light allowing us to see it with our bare eyes from the Earth.