i say 1969 somewhere ;)
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At the moments of First Quarter and Third Quarter, the half-disk that you see is 50% of the "light side" ... half of the moon's illuminated surface. The entire moon is still there in the sky. The 'missing' half of the disk is comprised of half of the moon's dark side, which you can't see at that time. Because it's dark !
At the time of First Quarter and Third Quarter ... when the moon looks like half of a disk in the sky ... you're looking at half of the moon's light side and half of its dark side. Of course, you can't see the half of the dark side that's right there in front of you, because it's dark.
Not from Earth.Now if by the dark side, you mean the actual dark side, the one facing away from the Sun, then you cannot see it just as you cannot see any dark body.If by the dark side, you mean the side facing away from Earth (the far side), then you can send spacecraft to see the other side.That would cost a lot of time and money.
During the first and third quarters of the moon, you will see roughly 50% of the dark side and 50% of the lit side from Earth. This is because the sun is illuminating half of the moon's surface that is facing away from Earth.
you see the dark side of the moon when you see half the moon. because there is always a full moon but you only see some of it exept when there is a full moon
The Apollo 8 astronauts Jim Lovell, Frank Borman and William Anders were the first men to orbit the moon, they were aldso the first men to see the back side or dark side of the moon. As we can only see one side.
There is No light and dark side to the Earth. The Earth rotates in 24 hours, every day. You are Probably thinking of the Moon. The Moon has a light and dark side, because only one side always faces the Earth, and the other side always faces away from the Earth. The first human beings were the first people to see the light side of the Moon. The Russians sent a satellite to orbit the Moon in the 1950s and they were the first people to see images of the dark side of the Moon. On December 24, 1968, Apollo 8 (USA) with Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and John Anders orbited the Moon and they saw it's dark side. They read from the Bible, wished Everyone a Merry Christmas, and then they returned to the Earth.
Literally there is a far side of the moon being the side we don't see from Earth. But it's not always dark. You will notice you can always see the same craters on the moon every night from where you live, you never get to see the other side.Abstractly it could mean the side we see is referred to as 'good' and the other side 'evil' so the dark side of the moon is referring to opposite of its good counterpart.
Actually no. Because we cannot see the back side of the moon. But it is not always in dark. Sun can shine on it too