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Why is the dark side of the moon visible?
You can generally see the unlit side of the moon when a considerable amount of sunlight is reflected off the earth. This reflected sunlight illuminates the unlit side of the moon. This is referred to as earthshine, and a decent explanation can be found at timeanddate.com.
Is dark side of the moon visible?
In all, about 59 percent of the moon is visible from Earth over the course of an orbit. We never ever see 41 percent of the moon – the side that many call “dark.” But the “dark” side of the moon has always, from its perspective, gotten plenty of light. Almost all of them are visible from Earth.
When can we only see the dark side of the moon?
April, May and June are the best months to see “planetshine” at its finest, according to NASA. The phenomenon of the Moon’s darkened side being lit-up only happens in the last and first few days of the Moon’s orbit of Earth.
What does dark side of moon look like?
Compared to the near side, the far side’s terrain is rugged, with a multitude of impact craters and relatively few flat and dark lunar maria (“seas”), giving it an appearance closer to other barren places in the solar system such as Mercury and Callisto.
How cold is it on the dark side of the moon?
On the dark side of the moon with no sun, temperatures can be as low as -232 degrees Celsius, or -387 degrees Fahrenheit! It can get even lower than that is certain areas. The moon has a relatively minimal tilt.
Why is the night side of the Moon So Dark?
In reality it is no darker than any other part of the Moon’s surface as sunlight does in fact fall equally on all sides of the Moon. It is only ‘dark’ to us, as that hemisphere can never be viewed from Earth due to a phenomenon known as ‘Tidal Locking’.
Why is the sky blue when the Moon is dark?
This is called Rayleigh Scattering, and is the reason that the sky appears blue. The moon has no appreciable atmosphere to do this scattering, so the sky appears dark. $\\begingroup$ “the same side always faces earth […] the side that faces the earth changes.”.
Why do we see the Moon in the sky?
In general we see the moon because it reflects the light of the Sun. The bright part is sunlit. The slightly visible dark part reflects the light of the Earth which in turn reflects the light of the Sun.
Why is the far side of the Moon not visible from Earth?
Tidal forces from Earth have slowed down the Moon’s rotation to the point where the same side is always facing the Earth–a phenomenon called tidal locking. The other face, most of which is never visible from the Earth, is therefore called the “far side of the Moon”. Over time some parts of the far side can be seen due to libration.
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