That kinda scares me.. With all those braided channels how do you read current ( grass drifting direction) in the dark?
The photos with the article show trees without much foliage, which undoubtedly allowed moon and city lights to somewhat illuminate the ponds.
I had severe moonlight mania for a few years and regularly did full moon outings. One summer full moon i canoed the GW canal, an easy CII run. I could read the moonlit water, but that was only about half of it. The other half of the surface disappeared in areas of foliage moonshadow, shadows from the tree canopy. The shadowed areas just looked black. In reality, it was a benign run and I couldn’t get in much trouble, but in my mind those black areas were full of hazards and very frightening. I wouldn’t do it again.
So, if paddling where It’s important to see where you are going, I suggest a strong headlamp. Not that you need to turn it on. Headlamps make you blind outside the light cone. But moonlight alone sometimes isn’t enough.