Given the fact that light can be bent by gravity, will the moon bend the sun's light to any extent?

Question

I know that it will be so minor that it probably won't be noticeable, but does the moon have sufficient mass to bend the light from the sun at all? Even if it isn't noticeable? Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

The sun barely has enough mass to do this, and the moon is thirty million times lighter.  Basically, no.

Answer 2

The Moon doesn't really have enough mass to bend the Sun's light to any noticeable degree. However, it is during total eclipses that we can see that the Sun's mass *does* bend light, as stars that apear close to the Sun during an eclipse appear to be in a slightly different location than they should be. This is an excellent experimental test of Einstein's theory of relativity.

Answer 3

Yes, but very slightly.

Actually, no. Gravity bends space-time, and light follows the path through the bent space-time. But for the sake of simplicity, I'll refer to it as "bent light".

Everything with mass, and hence, gravity, bends light - even you, but I can't find any online references that quantify to what extent the Moon bends light from objects behind it. How much the light is bent would be a function of how close the light passes to the Moon and the position of the light source behind it.