What would happen if a spaceship were on the moon during a solar eclipse?

Question

Would they be able to see the dark side of the moon? Would the dark side of the moon be warm for once?

Answer 1

If the spaceship were on the side of the Moon that faces the Earth, they would be on the dark side of the Moon. Obviously if they were on the other side they would be facing the Sun, so it would be light, and it would be the warmer side.

Answer 2

WOW ! A potpouri (?) of answers. Ok now here are the facts:
1. The moon rotates.
2. It rotates at the same rate as it revolves around the Earth.
3. The same side (up to about 51 or 52 percent) always faces the Earth.
4. There is no dark side, a front and back or near and far side. Since it rotates, all parts of the moon get sunlight. We only see the part getting light that is facing us.
5. During a solar eclipse, the near side is facing us while the far side is facing the sun. A spaceship on the moon would :
a. if on the near side, it would be in darkness, and possible be able to see the shadow effect on Earth.
b. Would not go through any different climactic changes.
If on the light side, would not see any shadow on earth, would not be able to see earth.

Answer 3

What happens during a solar eclipse is that the moon passes between the Earth and the sun and casts a shadow upon the Earth. Nothing would happen to a space ship which was sitting somewhere upon the moon. The eclipse happens when the dark side of the moon is facing the Earth (during the new moon phase). Astronauts upon the moon might be able to view the shadow of the moon moving across the Earth if their ship was located on the dark side. If they had landed on the light side, they would experience no indication that a solar eclipse had occurred. Note: The reason for the dark side of the moon is that the moon does not rotate upon its axis as it revolves around the Earth; thus, the same side of the moon is always facing the sun (why there are phases of the moon). Therefore, the sun will NEVER shine upon the dark side of the moon; an eclipse of the sun does not alter that fact.

Answer 4

They would see whatever part of the moon was around them. The "dark side" is better called the "other side", or "the side away from Earth". It gets sunlight just like any other part of the moon.

A day on the moon lasts about 29 and 1/2 each days. Once during each cycle, the moon comes between the sun and the Earth; but most times it is a little to "high" or "low", so it does not block the sunlight from hitting the Earth. About 2 times a year, it is just in the middle, so it blocks the sun and we here on Earth get a solar eclipse.

Answer 5

In a solar eclipse, the earth is in the shadow of the moon, meaning the moon is directly between the earth and the sun. There is no "dark" side of the moon, only a side we never see because the same side is directed toward us all the time. As the moon goes around the earth, all sides of it are exposed to the sun, which is why we see phases of the moon.

Answer 6

A solar eclipse only means something to people on earth, because its just the moon casting its shadow on the earth.
It isn't an event that happens on the sun or affects anything else.

Astronauts on the moon, if they were on the side closest to the earth) would see the shadow of the moon as a small dark circle move across the earth's surface.
But they wouldn't experience anything different on the moon than they would at any other time.

Answer 7

The very definition of a clean moon ability the Moon is right now between the solar and the Earth, it truly is what one area of what's significant for a image voltaic eclipse. the different area needed is the alignment of the solar, Moon and Earth (in that order) on an identical plane. even as the moon orbits around the Earth it each now and then passes the solar above it, each now and then below it, and customarily suitable in the front of it. Out of the cases it passes suitable in the front of it, it may both pass right now in the front of it (finished image voltaic eclipse) or in part in the front of it (partial image voltaic eclipse). And a lunar eclipse is the completed opposite. the completed moon is defined because the on the spot even as the solar, Earth and Moon are lined up in that order. The Moon usually passes above or below the shadow of the Earth yet each now and then passes in part through it or totally through it.

Answer 8

It would just be in the dark for a few minutes.
No. The dark side never gets any light because the moon spins so slow that only 1 side always faces the sun.
No.

Answer 9

First of all you should understand that the so-called "dark side" of the moon isn't always dark. The moon rotates on its axis, so all parts of it receive sunlight eventually.

Answer 10

I reckon if the rocket is on the top of the moon you can see the dark shadow of the rocket. If it's on the dark side, they might not see the earth and we can't see them.. If it's facing the sun, then we can't see them neither.