That makes no difference on even brightness all over the moon. It just makes a difference on the actual brightness.

I found the solution

the sun just has to be incredibly large

Whut they do again

Yet incredibly far away cancels that.

if I shine a light on a small marble there is no center brightness issue

with a softball there was

I could move it farther if you want

No one says the moon is a marble. Regardless I dispute this.

I just did and all it did was make the brightness more full

It's just an analogy my guy

When I shine even light at a ball, even like a marble, the light still reflects away on the sides of it. Thus it brightens a lot of the room if done in darkness.

yeah cause it's a ball

a really reflective one

the moon isn't that reflective

Why reflectors work well in lighting large areas.

Well now you seem to want to have it both ways.

what I'm just saying the moon isn't that reflective and the farther I put my light source the more evenly the light is distributed

the suns just really bright lol

We can agree that the sun is far brighter than anything in our sky

How does that make sense. How does that change how the entire moon reflects light at the earth like it was perfectly flat?

it depends on the level of brightness.

Are these simulations done with the light source billions of radii away from the sphere?

lol maybe in your area it is

I actually just made a quick simulation with a parallel light.

on a sphere

It makes all physics on light thrown out the window.

you guys can test out light physics better in unity if you want

better demonstrations there

I just did it in After Effects

This is like saying if you are playing pool it matters not where a pool ball is hit.

yeah make the light the same relative distance away from sphere as spherical earth models it to be

What causes moon phases

which is like billions of radii

i'm gonna need a really bright light lmao

the position of the moon around the Earth

I don’t get it

The Moon is like a movie screen. We see what is projected from it. So how it all works.

Ohh ok

where's the projection from

the sun