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Old 04-09-2004, 04:54 PM
P van Rijckevorsel
 
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One side of the moon is always sunny and one side is always dark. The
moon turns on its axis once for each rotation of the earth, so only
one side is always facing the sun.


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No, one side is always facing the earth.
The reason why there is much excitement about the far side of the moon
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When it is appoximately between
the earth and the sun, that is a new moon (not visible) because we are
looking at the unilluminated side of the moon.


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We are still looking at the same side of the moon, which happens to be
unilluminated at that moment
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When the earth is
approximately between the sun and the moon we see a full moon because
we are looking at the entire illuminated side of the moon.


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Still the same side of the moon