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[–] lemon11 ago 

Objects bathed in moonlight are farther away from other objects, which might have high thermal mass and radiate heat out at night.

Thus, shadow might be a measure of closeness to objects which might be hot.

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[–] MRKS [S] ago 

There wasn't anything that was hot to cause this effect. The piece of paper wasn't hot, and the small statue was out there for the whole night.

That's certainly not whats happening!

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[–] Master_Foo ago 

Do another experiment and wrap two thermometers in heat reflective materials. Like mylar (a space blanket, you'll find them in any camping section of a store and they are cheap).

So, you'll have 4 thermometers.

  • One in direct moonlight

  • One in direct moonlight (But surrounded by mylar)

  • One in the shade

  • One in the shade (But surrounded by mylar)

See what happens then.