How to create a moon and moonlight ?

[PillarOfAutumn]

I want to create a moon and some moonlight being scattered by the clouds. The moon i would guess is just a second planet but i have no idea how to get the light :/

[rcallicotte]

You might find something someone did already in the File Sharing.  But, you can make the planet glow different ways.  You can turn change the planet's surface shader a number of way, one of which is the Lambert Shader and then experiment.  Just try different shaders, even using the image map.

[choronr]

Consider downloading the 'Night Background' here from the forum - do a search for it. It comes with a moon. Overlay the moon over your sun. The visible disc of the sun must be unchecked. This should give you what you are looking for.

[DannyG]

Theres a nice moon tgo over at Ashunder in the downloads section