Moonlight Is Not Reflected?

Moonlight Is Not Reflected?

Genesis 1:16 states that the sun and moon are both great independent sources of lights. 

“God made two great lights--the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars.” (Genesis 1:16)

Give praise to him, you sun and moon: give praise to him, all you stars of light. (Psalms 148:3)

"But immediately after the tribulation of those days THE SUN WILL BE DARKENED, AND THE MOON WILL NOT GIVE ITS LIGHT, AND THE STARS WILL FALL from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. (Matthew 24:29)

Proverbs 13:9 also uses the word מָאוֹר   for the self-generating light of the lamp. ⁽¹⁾  The sun has its own independent light source whereas the moon is just reflective. Sunlight is a portion of the electromagnetic radiation given off by the Sun, in particular infrared, visible, and ultraviolet light. ⁽²⁾  

The photosphere emits light radiates because of its high temperature. All hot substances radiate light, either the visible kind or beyond the rainbow spectrum.⁽³⁾  

Moonlight is the light that reaches Earth from the Moon, consisting mostly of sunlight, with some starlight and earthlight reflected from those portions of its surface which the Sun's light strikes. The light coming from the Moon is just an illusion. When astronauts walked on the surface, they reported that it was dark grey, the color of pavement. Because of its dark color and bumpy surface, it only reflects about 12% of the light that hits it. Additionally, the amount of light we get from the Moon depends on the point of its orbit. ⁽⁴⁾

Starlight is the light emitted by stars. ⁽⁵⁾ It typically refers to visible electromagnetic radiation from stars other than the Sun observable from Earth during the night time although a component of starlight is observable from the Earth during the daytime. The intense pressure and temperature at the core of a star allow nuclear fusion reactions to take place. This is where atoms of hydrogen are fused into atoms of helium (through several stages). This reaction releases an enormous amount of energy in the form of gamma rays. These gamma rays are trapped inside the star, and they push outward against the gravitational contraction of the star. ⁽⁶⁾

Yet the bible describes them as two great lights. Christians will argue that the strength and weakness of the light is directly subject to our vision. However the Hebrew word used is מָאוֹר   which is the light of a lamp that is self-generating and has also been used as light for the stars in Pslam 148:3. It has failed to distinguish the difference hence the bible describing them as two lamp lights which give off their own individual source. ⁽⁷⁾

The verse Matthew 24:29 itself is additional evidence to further suggest that The Biblical texts declare that the Moon emits its own light. Christians often resort to that was The Old Testament argument, therefore we will extract more verses from it. The following reads: 

For the stars of heaven and their constellations Will not flash forth their light; The sun will be dark when it rises And the moon will not shed its light. (Isaiah 13:10)

"No longer will you have the sun for light by day, Nor for brightness will the moon give you light;” (Isaiah 60:19-20)

According to the Oxford Dictionary, shed is defined as: Cast or give off (light) ⁽⁸⁾

In Conclusion:

The Bible undeniably states that every celestial body within our solar system and beyond are all self-emitting lights, explicitly including the moon. Which is scientifically absurd.