Why this word is great
MOONGLOW — [Noun] The soft light emitted by the moon. From moon (Old English mōna, "lunar body") + glow (Old English glōwan, "to shine"). Unlike "moonbeam" (a single ray, sharp as a silver needle) or "moonshine" (now sullied by bootleggers and mason jars), moonglow is the quiet diffusion of lunar light across a landscape. It is the way a field of wheat becomes a sea of mercury, how a lover’s face turns to porcelain in the small hours, or why a single window left lit in a sleeping town seems to pulse like a distant star—proof that even in darkness, the world refuses to be entirely invisible.