The authors also point out that although the moon has no atmosphere, its exosphere is a delicate mix of dust and gas, which, along with the ice known to exist inside permanently shadowed areas ...
the waxing crescent moon appearing as a thin arc of yellowish-white light enclosing a ghostly bluish-gray ball. Sunlight is responsible for the crescent, yet the remainder of the moon appears to ...
A Last Quarter Moon on February 29 (which rises after midnight) to an early-setting crescent moon on March ... light—sunlight reflecting off cosmic dust left in the solar system.