Wonder and the Moon

I’m at the beach, looking out at the Moon over the ocean.

It’s nighttime. The Sun’s rays are coming from behind me (and the Earth), hitting the Moon about a second and a half after it soars past our planet. I can see the way the Moon is lit up as a result of all these tiny particles of light flying past:

Some of those photons (the light particles I mentioned) are bouncing off of the Moon and then hitting the water in the picture I took, where they are then bouncing off the water and landing on a thin silicon wafer that converts light into electrons: