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Moon appears bright at night. Is it a luminous or non-luminous body ?

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Moon is a non-luminous body, it does not emit its own light. It reflects the sun light that falls on it. It shines light but doesn.t qualify as a luminous body because it doesn.t generate the light it reflects.
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