How bright is moonlight?
- Author(s)
- Christopher C. M. Kyba, Andrej Mohar, Thomas Posch
- Abstract
Recent years have seen increasing recognition and study of the effect of moonlight on plants and animals.
The typical brightness of moonlight is therefore an important parameter for biological laboratory studies, yet incorrect values for the moonlight illuminance are frequently used and cited. We have used the brightness of the “supermoon” of 14 November 2016 to demonstrate that typical lunar illuminance is around 0.05 to 0.1 lux at temperate latitudes during the summer.- Organisation(s)
- Department of Astrophysics
- External organisation(s)
- Leibniz-Institut für Gewässerökologie und Binnenfischerei, Euromix d.o.o.
- Journal
- Astronomy & Geophysics
- Volume
- 58
- Pages
- 1.31-1.32
- No. of pages
- 2
- ISSN
- 1366-8781
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/astrogeo/atx025
- Publication date
- 02-2017
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 103003 Astronomy, 103004 Astrophysics, 105906 Environmental geosciences
- Keywords
- ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Astronomy and Astrophysics, Geochemistry and Petrology, Geophysics
- Portal url
- https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/a574d8b2-bc2a-441a-96ea-74134b686215