Do people in China see the other side of the moon?

Question

Do they see a different side than I see here in the US?

Answer 1

yes, just like the people in Australia see it upside down.

Answer 2

No - the people in China see the side of the moon that is facing the Earth. If you are anywhere on the Earth and you can see the moon, you always see the same side because the moon keeps one face towards the Earth as it orbits.

Answer 3

No. The Earth would have to surround the Moon for that to happen. The fastest motion in the Earth-Moon-Sun system is the Earth's rotation. (Meaning that it repeats itself the fastest, not that the linear speed is the highest)

Let's say you're in New York City, and the Moon is just Rising. This means that it set not long before in coastal China. In about 12 hours, you'll be at (roughly) the same point in space relative to the moon that China is now. Namely, it will be setting to you, but rising to them. Since you're in the same place they were just 12 hours ago, you're seeing about what they did 12 hours ago. The Moon doesn't change to you in 12 hours does it?

On Earth, celestial objects' appearance is pretty much only affected by your latitude - distance north or south of the equator. Longitude pretty much only affects the time things are seen. The sky over Atlanta is pretty much the same thing as the sky over Los Angeles, except 3 hours sooner.

Going to Australia or to South America changes things a lot because you can see a part of the sky that never rises over the horizon in North America, but between South America and Australia, you wouldn't notice much difference.

And yes, as someone else responded - in Australia, the Moon (as well as all the constellations in the sky) appear upside-down from how they appear in North America. That's just a side effect of perspective though - the actual objects aren't moving or turning themselves upside-down.

Answer 4

no, the moon takes approx 29 days to complete a full revolution around its own axis, and takes about 28 and a half days to revolve around the earth, so at all times the same surface , (give or take 2% of it) is pointing at the earth, no matter what side of the earth you see the moon from.
if standing on the moon, and looking straight up you see the earth, then another 20 years all day every day standing on that point on the moon and looking straight up you will see the earth.

Answer 5

Since the moon is 240,000 miles away, China would have to be farther than that to see the far side of the moon, wouldn't it?

Answer 6

ONLY ONE SIDE OF THE MOON ALWAYS FACES THE EARTH. IT DOESN'T ROTATE LIKE THE EARTH.
SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, NO PEOPLE IN CHINA DON'T SEE THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MOON.
THE ONLY PEOPLE TO HAVE SEEN THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MOON ARE THE ASTRONAUTS WHEN THEY CIRCLED THE MOON TO STAY IN THE MOONS GRAVITY.
GOOD QUESTION.

Answer 7

no matter where u are in earth you will always see the same side of the moon because it rotates almost at the same speed of the earth, it is not in a fixed position, it does rotate but since it always rotates almost at the same speed that the earth does we always see one face.

Answer 8

Nop... the moon completely in front of us (the earth) no up or by a side, no matter where we look it from, we will see the same side.

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Answer 9

NOBODY gets to gaze at the dark side of the moon,its in a fixed position.

Answer 10

Some call it a moon, some say uranus. Semantics.