2006-12-21 07:45:00 · 12 answers · asked by ♫ 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
No. During a new Moon, the side facing Earth (the near side) is dark and the far side (the side facing away from Earth) is light. During a half Moon, the far side is half light and half dark, and so is the near side.
Another way to look at it is, when the Moon is between the Earth and Sun in space, the far side is light, and when the Earth is between the Sun and Moon in space, the near side is light.
2006-12-21 07:52:52 · answer #1 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am not sure what you mean by this question. How does a side of the moon face away from the moon?
If what you mean is does the side of the moon that always face away from the earth remain dark then the answer I believe is no. The moon is a dead body in space and I believe that it has no rotation of its own. If one side truly always faces the earth (which I am not sure is correct) then when the moon tranverses to the other side of the planet the dark side would be facing the sun.
If you need a real example, take a baketball and two baseballs or tenis balls. Place one of the tenis balls about a foot away and then holding the other tenis ball rotate it around the first ball with the same side always facing the first tenis ball. The basket ball is the sun, the first tennis ball is the earth and the second is the moon.
2006-12-21 07:51:42 · answer #2 · answered by The "Truth" 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Tidal forces between Earth and the Moon have slowed the Moon's rotation so as that the same factor is often dealing with the Earth. the different face, that's infrequently seen from the Earth in its entirety, is consequently called the "a procedures factor of the Moon". The a procedures factor should not be perplexed with the "dark factor" (the hemisphere that may not illuminated through the sunlight), as the two are the same in basic terms during an entire moon. the two the close to and lots sides get carry of (on trouble-free) very very nearly equivalent quantities of light from the sunlight.
2016-12-15 05:42:46 · answer #3 · answered by lacross 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Come on folks, no need to poke. Its obvious 'the side of the moon facing away from the earth' was meant.
The moon is tidally locked to the earth, meaning one side always faces the earth. Now as the moon orbits the earth sometimes the side facing the earth is pointed towards the sun and sometimes the side facing the earth is facing away from the sun. We refer to it as 'the dark side of the moon' simply because we never get to see it, not because it never sees any sunlight.
2006-12-21 07:58:40 · answer #4 · answered by Eaving OLarkin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You meant the side facing away from the earth right?
When there is a "new moon" the back side is "full"
2006-12-21 07:49:28 · answer #5 · answered by bubsir 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No . The same side always faces the earth because the heavy side is held there by gravity. The moon rotates once every 28 days.
2006-12-21 08:00:45 · answer #6 · answered by JOHNNIE B 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the side of the moon facing away from the moon?
if you meant to say the side of the moon facing away from the sun... then yes, it is in a shadow
2006-12-21 07:52:48 · answer #7 · answered by wantme_comegetme 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
* side of the moon facing away from the moon * ???
2006-12-21 07:53:53 · answer #8 · answered by Jerry P 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Nope, it gets light at certain times of the month.
Kind of like how the side that faces earth gets light at certain times and is dark at others.
2006-12-21 07:48:17 · answer #9 · answered by A.Mercer 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
if u mean the side that facing away, then, i have to say, yes. that face doesn't get the light so, it is dark on that side.
2006-12-21 08:04:35 · answer #10 · answered by blue ocean 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋