The Picard Maneuver to Lemmy Be [email protected] • 1 year agoThe same moonlemmy.worldimagemessage-square68fedilinkarrow-up1767cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•edit-21 year agoThe moon is reversed if the other person is seeing it on the other side of the planet, so technically not the same moon face. Clarification: I did not mean the dark side, we can’t see that. I meant the orientation. Like this: Some goes with east and west.
minus-squarethreelonmusketeerslinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoWe can all see the dark side every month. That’s what new moon is. It’s the far side we can never see from Earth, since the moon is tidally locked. I think only a couple dozen Apollo astronauts have seen the far side with their own eyes.
minus-squareKillingTimeItselflinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agothe dark side is the side that doesnt get hit by the sun. That’s the only difference there.
The moon is reversed if the other person is seeing it on the other side of the planet, so technically not the same moon face.
Clarification:
I did not mean the dark side, we can’t see that. I meant the orientation. Like this:
Some goes with east and west.
That’s… that’s not how it works…
I meant the orientation we see.
It’s still the same face
I meant the orientation.
Really? I thought nobody saw the dark side
I did not mean the dark side.
We can all see the dark side every month. That’s what new moon is. It’s the far side we can never see from Earth, since the moon is tidally locked. I think only a couple dozen Apollo astronauts have seen the far side with their own eyes.
They don’t, this person is wrong.
the dark side is the side that doesnt get hit by the sun. That’s the only difference there.