The moon is a luminary with an electromagnetic relationship to the sun causing her to wax and wane as she nears the sun and travels away. The color temperature of the moon is 4100K, while the sun is 5800K.
The moon is translucent meaning light travels through the moon giving a glow of the dark areas at night, During the day the dark part of the moon is not visible at all and almost seems transparent.
Each Month the moon travels 5200Klms between the tropics which is observed as getting smaller and larger in size.
Monthly cycle of waxing and waning also showing the moon getting larger as it approaches the tropic of Capricorn then smaller as it travels north to the tropic of Cancer then returning to the equator:
We observe moon hotspots and rings just like the sun
Craters are said to be from meteor impacts, these impacts are always direct on to the moons surface and there a no leading or exit trails, so if the moon's face is always looking at earth how did the meteors get through earth?
Practical experiments of high voltage in silicone can be done to create pitting similar to those on the face of the moon.