If you were to observe the sunset on the Moon, would you see the space around the sun as red, like you do on earth? Yes, because the color of light is independent of where you are. No, you would see it blue because of scattering of light. It would depend on the time of the day when you look at the sky. You would not because there is no atmosphere on the moon to scatter the light. You would not because the moon absorbs all the colors of light. You would see it black because the moon reflects all the colors. Yes, you would see it red like on the earth because both the moon and the earth are spehrical.

During sunset , the light appears red. This is a phenomena called Rayleigh scattering which happens in the atmosphere of earth.The Rayleigh scattering will not occur on the moon as there is almost zero atmosphere and hence the sky wont appear Red. Hence the option You would not because there is no atmosphere on the moon to scatter the light. is the correct choice. Let us briefly also look at other options. Yes, because the color of light is independent of where you are. The above statement is false as for a light with multiple wavelengths present, it colour willvary with the scattering in the environment. No, you would see it blue because of scattering of light. Due to lack of atmosphere there is no scattering and hence this option is false It would depend on the time of the day when you look at the sky. Due to lack of atmosphere there is no scattering at any time of the day and color will not change on moon with time. You would not because the moon absorbs all the colors of light. False, as moon is not known to absorb light. You would see it black because the moon reflects all the colors. False, reflecting all colors will make the moon even brighter. Yes, you would see it red like on the earth because both the moon and the earth are spherical. The color of light is a property of scattering and is not dependent on the shape. Hence this statement is also false.

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If you were to observe the sunset on the Moon, would you see the space around the sun as red, like you do on earth?

		Yes, because the color of light is independent of where you are.
		No, you would see it blue because of scattering of light.
		It would depend on the time of the day when you look at the sky.
		You would not because there is no atmosphere on the moon to scatter the light.
		You would not because the moon absorbs all the colors of light.
		You would see it black because the moon reflects all the colors.
		Yes, you would see it red like on the earth because both the moon and the earth are spehrical.

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