If you live in say Seattle, and you were to gaze at the moon at night, it would be predominantly illuminating the clouds in your vicinity, Seattle's clouds, yet both science, flat earthers and just plain ol' common sense tells us its not in your vicinity, the moon can be seen by half the world at any given time, and wherever you gaze at it from, it'll appear to illuminate the clouds appearing in front of it from your point of view, so if you were to look up at it in Rome, it would appear to be mostly illuminating Roman clouds, and if you were to look up at it in Beijing, it would appear to be mostly illuminating Beijing's clouds, so what gives???