TAB. 1  
 
  ALBEDO, ILLUMINATION AND BRIGHTNESS OF PLANETS  
     
  PLANET ALBEDO INTENSITY OF INDEX OF  
  OR  SATELLITE   SOLAR LIGHT BRIGHTNESS  
    A B AxB  
  VENUS full 0.640 1.911 1.223  
  VENUS Max.Brightness 0.160 1.911 0.306  
 
  FULL  MOON 0.070 1 0.070  
  10  DAYS MOON 0.035 1 0.035  
  7   DAYS MOON 0.018 1 0.018  
  5   DAYS MOON 0.009 1 0.009  
  2   DAYS MOON 0.004 1 0.004  
  NEW  MOON 0.070 0.00013  (1) 0.000009  
  TOTAL ECLIPSED MOON 0.070 0.0004     (2) 0.000028  
 
  MARS  full 0.154 0.430 0.066  
  JUPITER full 0.420 0.036 0.015  
  SATURN  without rings 0.450 0.011 0.005  
     
   (1)  Intensity of Earth-shine ( = 1 / 7500 of solar light )  
   (2)  through the Earth atmosphere (= 1/2500, empirically calculated)