Why does the moon appear brighter than Venus?
The answer is that Venus is much farther away from the OBSERVERS, namely us. We are looking at the moon from about 250,000 miles, and Venus from about (typically) 50,000,000 miles. Rest assured, if we stood in a spot in space where our moon and Venus were BOTH 50,000,000 million miles away, our moon would seem like a very dim star compared to Venus.
well sweetie I think the answer is that Venus is much farther away from the OBSERVERS, namely us. We are looking at the moon from about 250,000 miles, and Venus from about (typically) 50,000,000 miles. Rest assured, if we stood in a spot in space where our moon and Venus were BOTH 50,000,000 million miles away, our moon would seem like a very dim star compared to Venus.I hope this helps . good question .
Distance from earth. Okay, we could orbit a high powered flashlight at 5,000 miles, but Venus will still be brighter. So, there are at least a couple more variables. Albedo. The moon’s albedo is high enough. If its albedo was 0, Venus would appear brighter, regardless of distance. Size. It is much smaller than Venus, but large enough to cover a much greater area in the sky. This and distance interplay with each other for apparent size in the sky.
