Comment by bdavbdav
But that’s not seen at the sensor - at least not at once - look at the sun and then look immediately at the dark sky moon (if it were possible) - the only reason you get the detail on the moon is the aperture in front. You couldn’t see the same detail if they were next to each other. The precision is the most dark in the scene next to the most bright, as opposed to the most dark possible next to the most bright. That’s the difference.
Hum I can look at a moon croissant and the sun at the same time