Our eyes do such a great job selectively compensating for such a bright object without messing everything else up. The camera is like, "what do you want to see: normal sky/stars and blown out moon, or a nice moon and everything else underexposed?"
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"Recent discoveries have revealed an entirely new type of cells, called intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (ipRGCs). Unlike rods and cones, ipRGCs contain melanopsin, a photopigment that is sensitive to light."
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/08/190818101642.htm