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[[Moonlight]] is the light that reaches [[Earth]] from the [[Moon]]. This light does not originate from the [[Moon]], but from sunlight. The [[Moon]] does not, however, reflect sunlight like a [[mirror]], but it reflects light from those portions of its surface which the Sun's light strikes.
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'''{{Wiki|Moonlight}}''' is the light that reaches [[Earth]] from the [[Moon]]. This light does not originate from the [[Moon]], but from sunlight. The [[Moon]] does not, however, reflect sunlight like a [[mirror]], but it reflects light from those portions of its surface which the Sun's light strikes.
 
In {{Wiki|folklore}}, [[moonlight]] sometimes has a harmful influence. For example, [[sleeping]] in the light of a [[full moon]] on certain nights was said to [[transform]] a [[person]] into a {{Wiki|werewolf}}. The light of the [[moon]] was [[thought]] to worsen the symptoms of {{Wiki|lunatics}}, and to [[sleep]] in [[moonlight]] could make one blind, or mad. {{Wiki|Nyctalopia}} (night {{Wiki|blindness}} [[caused]] by a lack of vitamin A) was [[thought]] to be [[caused]] by [[sleeping]] in [[moonlight]] in the tropics.
 
In {{Wiki|folklore}}, [[moonlight]] sometimes has a harmful influence. For example, [[sleeping]] in the light of a [[full moon]] on certain nights was said to [[transform]] a [[person]] into a {{Wiki|werewolf}}. The light of the [[moon]] was [[thought]] to worsen the symptoms of {{Wiki|lunatics}}, and to [[sleep]] in [[moonlight]] could make one blind, or mad. {{Wiki|Nyctalopia}} (night {{Wiki|blindness}} [[caused]] by a lack of vitamin A) was [[thought]] to be [[caused]] by [[sleeping]] in [[moonlight]] in the tropics.
  

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Moonlight is the light that reaches Earth from the Moon. This light does not originate from the Moon, but from sunlight. The Moon does not, however, reflect sunlight like a mirror, but it reflects light from those portions of its surface which the Sun's light strikes. In folklore, moonlight sometimes has a harmful influence. For example, sleeping in the light of a full moon on certain nights was said to transform a person into a werewolf. The light of the moon was thought to worsen the symptoms of lunatics, and to sleep in moonlight could make one blind, or mad. Nyctalopia (night blindness caused by a lack of vitamin A) was thought to be caused by sleeping in moonlight in the tropics.


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