The daylight side of the moon
The daylight side of the moon
The same side of the moon always faces us, regardless of the phase. When the moon is full that side is fully illuminated by the sun as the moon is approximately on the opposite side of Earth relative to the sun.
When you have a full moon, the moon is on the opposite side of the Earth from the Sun.
All of the Moon's lighted side is visible during the full moon.
A full moon occurs when Earthlings have full view of the side of the moon that they are facing. By contrast, a new moon occurs when the entire side of the moon that is facing the Earth lies in its shadow, and is therefore unable to be seen.
The daylight side of the moon
The daylight side of the moon
The daylight side of the moon
The daylight side of the moon
The same side of the moon always faces us, regardless of the phase. When the moon is full that side is fully illuminated by the sun as the moon is approximately on the opposite side of Earth relative to the sun.
The Moon itself doesn't change at all. What we see as the "phases" of the Moon are simply the month-long days and nights on the Moon's surface. The light comes from the Sun, over THERE, while we see the daylit part of the Moon from the Earth, HERE. At the "new" phase, the daytime side of the Moon is the farside; at the new, we're seeing the lunar night. At the full moon, we see the lunar noon.
night side
Nothing special. The Moon has days and nights like Earth does, except on the Moon it takes 29.5 days for one lunar "day" and "night".When you look at the Moon and it is "waning", what you are seeing is night falling (slowly) on the side of the Moon that we can see.
We are only seeing a portion of the illuminated area when the phase is not a Full Moon phase.
When you have a full moon, the moon is on the opposite side of the Earth from the Sun.
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.
Many names of the moon are in regard to the full moon. This includes the full wolf moon, the full snow moon, and the full worm moon.