Pretty much like the side we see. Mountains, craters, big flat spots...
Spacecraft have orbited the Moon and shown us what the far side looks like. This was first done over 50 years ago.
Mercury looks a lot like the far side of the moon. It is lifeless and littered with countless craters.
Scientists have been able to map the far side of the moon using spacecraft and satellite missions that have orbited around it. These missions have collected data and images that allow us to create detailed maps of the far side of the moon.
because its different cheese
because its different cheese
Thw moon doesn't change shape. It is an optical illusion caused by the moon's orbit around us and the way sunlight hits it. Since we can't see the "dark side" of the moon or the "far side" of the moon when it is full, it looks like the moon is changing shape.
That is wrong the moon looks smaller.
You can use the phrase "dark side of the Moon" - but not as a synonym for "far side of the Moon". The Moon has days and nights like the Earth does, except that lunar days are 28 days long. The far side of the Moon - the part never seen from Earth - also gets days and nights just like the side we see.
You cannot see the new moon at night. The new moon phase occurs when the moon is above the same side of Earth as the sun. Therefore it is only above the horizon during the day. That being said, during the new moon, the unlit side faces us.
Far Side of the Moon - film - was created in 2003.
No. The far side of the moon is usually partially illuminated by the sun and is only completely dark during the full moon. The far side of the moon is fully lit during the new moon phase. It is called the "dark" side of the moon because we never see it.
This is an uneducated way of referring to the far side of the moon. But the far side isn't always dark.