inklaire opened this issue on May 23, 2010 · 242 posts
WandW posted Tue, 01 June 2010 at 11:53 AM
There actually is a bit of indirect lighting in that case, as the sun is shining on half of the side of the Earth facing the Moon, which is why the New Moon is visible:
www.dewbow.co.uk/glows/eshine1.html
I couldn't find a good crisp picture of the phases of Venus, which would not have that issue...
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