Here's why:

* The Moon doesn't produce its own light. It's a large, rocky body that reflects sunlight.

* Sunlight takes about 8 minutes to reach Earth. This is the time it takes for light to travel the 93 million miles from the sun to our planet.

* Moonlight is simply reflected sunlight. The light that we see from the moon is sunlight that has bounced off its surface and traveled to Earth.

So, the time it takes for moonlight to reach Earth is essentially the same as the time it takes for sunlight to reach Earth: about 8 minutes.