sunroof may lamat,saan po makakabili sa banawe?

[Dr.Kamiya]

By the way, and this is something that fails to register in my original country, but the difference between the terms 'sun'roof and 'moon'roof is simply the material from which the operating panel is made!

As seen from above, on a car with a sunroof, the opening part is of matching material, ie: metal, with color matching the car body.

With a moonroof, the material is typically glass, with 5-20 percent tinting. A moonroof will normally possess a second sliding element underneath - a sunshade - when no daylight is desired.

Isn't that a historical artifact nowadays? Nobody is selling a car with an opaque sunroof anymore, and some do without the movable headliner element.

[TireWhisperer23]

Isn't that a historical artifact nowadays? Nobody is selling a car with an opaque sunroof anymore, and some do without the movable headliner element.

Opaque might exist, but I'm referring to a sliding open panel of the same material as the rest of the roof - metal. Look at any 1980s Benz, BMW or Volvo.
You are correct that such pure 'sunroof' did not have a second shade panel, as the solid roof section served as the shade itself.

Trying to explain this to fellow staters is almost moot, lol!

[Dr.Kamiya]

There was this interesting exchange on the topic on the opposite-lock forums: Remember when cars had metal sunroofs? | Come for the cars, stay for the anarchy