The Moon Does NOT Look Completely Dark When It Is

The Moon does NOT look completely dark when it is in Earth's shadow during a total solar eclipse because:

A) of light reflected from the clouds on Earth, the earthshine.
B) atmospheric refraction bends red solar light onto the Moon.
C) there are faint emissions from the tenuous lunar atmosphere, excited by solar wind bombardment.
D) there is a remnant glow from the hot lunar surface.

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