2006-12-21 08:56:26 · 9 answers · asked by ♫ 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
No, the side facing away from Earth gets lit up by the sun. The reason we never see the far side of the moon is because it rotates on its axis at 10.3 mph but at the same time moves around Earth at 2,286 mph. These two speeds are such that one side always faces Earth.
2006-12-21 09:01:49 · answer #1 · answered by Chug-a-Lug 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Tidal forces between Earth and the Moon have slowed the Moon's rotation so that the same side is always facing the Earth. The other face, which is never visible from the Earth in its entirety, is therefore called the "far side of the Moon". The far side should not be confused with the "dark side" (the hemisphere that is not illuminated by the Sun), as the two are the same only during a full moon. Both the near and far sides receive (on average) almost equal amounts of light from the Sun.
2006-12-21 09:09:28 · answer #2 · answered by phantomlimb7 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
NO.
It is not the dark side of the moon...Rather, more correctly it is the Far Side of the Moon, i.e., the side that is always away from us here on the Earth.
When the Moon gets between the Earth and the Sun, the Far side surface is fully illuminated by the Sun but we cannot see it
being illuminated - we are on the other side.
2006-12-21 11:03:44 · answer #3 · answered by zahbudar 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The side of the moon facing away from the SUN is always dark.
The view of the moon we have from earth is constantly in flux, that's why we have different cycles (full, half, etc).
2006-12-21 09:06:20 · answer #4 · answered by lilrubberducky 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'm no longer particular what you propose by technique of this question. How does an aspect of the moon face faraway from the moon? If what you propose is does the fringe of the moon that continuously face faraway from the earth proceed to be darkish then the answer i believe isn't any. The moon is a useless body in area and that i believe that it has no rotation of its personal. If one part extremely continuously faces the earth (which i'm no longer particular is nice) then at the same time as the moon tranverses to the different fringe of the planet the darkish part may be dealing with the solar. in case you want a authentic social gathering, take a baketball and 2 baseballs or tenis balls. position between the tenis balls about a foot away and then protecting the different tenis ball rotate it around the first ball with the same part continuously dealing with the first tenis ball. The basket ball is the solar, the first tennis ball is the earth and the 2d is the moon.
2016-11-28 02:39:04 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope. It's well lit when it's facing the sun. Its day/night cycle is about 28 earth days, and during its "day" it's getting sunlight.
2006-12-21 09:39:59 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
YES IT IS ALWAYS DARK BECUSE THAT SIDE IS NOT FACING THE SUN SO IT WONT GET AND LIGHT
2006-12-21 09:56:19 · answer #7 · answered by pinkeyepurple 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both sides are dark, one side is lit by sunlight, so remember, when you call it moonshine, it's actually reflected sunlight!!
2006-12-21 09:32:41 · answer #8 · answered by Michael B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
actually all of the moon is dark.
2006-12-21 08:59:52 · answer #9 · answered by danzahn 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋