The moon is not necessarily further away from the sun as the earth. Half the time it’s closer half the time it’s further

The earth also spends about half the time without the sun in the sky.

If you built the panels on the far side of the moon, the earth would never interfere with the sun while the panel is facing the sun

If you built the panels on the face of the moon we can see, the earth would only block during a lunar eclipse which is rather rare.

And what is your source for the moon receiving less light than the earth? They receive essentially the same amount

Okay assuming your not a troll, what is it that you’re saying? Since the moon is smaller than the earth that solar panels don’t make sense? Nobody is suggesting covering the entirety of the surface of the moon in panels. I was talking about the efficiency of panels that are the same size on the moon vs earth

Not sure what you mean here. I mean sure the surface area of the moon is smaller, but a square meter of solar panels on earth is the same size as a square meter of solar panels on the moon. And it may be further away from us but half the time it’s closer to the sun than we are by a small amount. I somehow doubt the variation in the distance between the moon and the sun is very much or significant for powering but maybe.

If anything maybe the atmosphere (or lack of) would be the biggest difference but I’d imagine that would only help solar panels work better (but I also don’t know). Don’t be rude