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what causes diffraction that results in a fuzzy glow around a full moon

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When sunlight reflects off the moon, this light bends the particles around the Earth's atmosphere. The light then experiences an spreading out effect due to diffraction. This "spreading out" looks like a shade of light, resulting in the fuzzy glow that we see around the full moon.

We know that moon is a non-luminous body. It reflects the light received from Sun towards the earth. We are able to see the light of the moon when the Sunlight is reflected off its surface and passes through the atmosphere of the Earth before reaching our eyes. The diffraction occurs when this reflected light bends around the tiny atmospheric particles. This creates a fuzzy glow around the moon. This happens in the Earth's atmosphere.

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