Patricia Green, Age 13, Of Clifton, Kan., for her question:

Why does the sun give more light than the moon?

The full moon is bright enough to light up the distant scenery. But if there were enough full moons to fill the whole sky, their light would be much paler than the light of the sun. Actually, the moon has no light of its own, and the sun is a blazing furnace shedding its light in all directions.

Sane of the sunlight falls upon the cold dead face of the moon  and the moon acts somewhat like a mirror. It reflects some of its sunshine out into space. The moonlight we see is no more than a pale reflection of the glory of the sun.