A previous post elaborated a rigorous equation from Christos Vournas for calculating surface temperatures of planets or moons, for comparison with NASA satellite measurements of such bodies in our solar system. That post is How to Calculate Planetary Temperatures.
The image above presents the huge disparity in day and night temperatures between Earth and its Moon, and notes the role of ocean heat transport. But as I have learned from Christos, there is much more to the story, and this post discusses these deeper implications. He adds the rotational factor and its impact upon the radiation emitted by both bodies, ie. Earthshine and Moonshine (though obviously it is not simply visible light). Excerpts from Vournas are in italics with my bolds.
Moon and Earth – so close to each other – and so much different…
Moon is in our immediate neighborhood
Moon rotates around its axis at a slow rate…
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