The light we see from the moon is the light of the sun reflected by the moon. The moon acts like a mirror of the sun and actually has no light of its own. The amount of light we see coming from the moon depends on the phase of the moon we are in, as the moon orbits the sun, meaning that at different times we will see a different amount of light in the sky based on the amount of light we see from the moon. sunlight can reflect on the moon. Here on an earth, we see different moon phases as the moon moves and rotates around the earth. One of the moon phases, called the new moon, the side of the moon where we can see from the earth is blocked between the earth and the sun, which makes the moon not visible from the earth. In contrast, when the Earth is between the sun and the moon, we get what we call a full moon, which is when the moon is brightest in the sky. There are many things that happen between the new moon and the full moon, and those are called quarters. There are three quarters, first, second and