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[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Answer: Light travels in straight lines (well, for this purpose) and the moon is roughly an opaque sphere. Maybe you could see it with earthshine, but I get the impression the corona is still much brighter.

I've heard dumber.