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The moon doesn't produce light, it is reflecting sunlight, so in my opinion the first statement is incorrect
But if the moon wasn't there, there would be no light reflected. Doesn't matter the source, we have light at night because of the moon
And where does the light come from?
Well, the energy comes from the proton-proton chain which collides two protons, forming a deuterium core, a positron and a neutrino. The positron almost instantly annihilates with an electron, creating a gamma ray of energy. The deuterium core then collides with a second proton, forming helium-3 and releasing another gamma ray in the process.
How the actual sunlight forms, I don't know tho. It has something to do with the neutrino carrying energy to the protosphere, but what happens there, dunno.